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Manas Bank v. Kyrgyz Republic: Paris Appeals Court annuls $16.5 million award for Valeri Belokon
22-Feb-2017 Akipress
The Paris Appeals Court annuled $16.5 million award for Latvian businessman Valeri Belokon and reinstated the evidence that Manas Bank employees were engaged in money laundering.
U.S. company Windstream Energy sues Canada for $28-million in NAFTA case
22-Feb-2017 The Globe and Mail
A New York-based energy company is asking the Ontario Superior Court to enforce a $28-million award against the Canadian and Ontario governments that it received under a NAFTA arbitration.
Govt asked to ignore Freeport’s lawsuit threat
22-Feb-2017 Antara News
The Indonesian Institute for Global Justice has asked the government to consistently apply the state regulation number 4 of 2009 and ignore Freeports threat to bring its legal dispute with the government to the International Court of Arbitration.
India should hold firm against the European efforts to undermine its new model Bilateral Investment Treaty
22-Feb-2017 International Economic Law and Policy Blog
In the transition to its new approach to investor protection, India has sought to terminate its existing BITs with individual EU Members. Now the European Commission is pressuring India to extend those existing treaties.
New report on investment arbitration
22-Feb-2017 ISDS Blog
SCC is a preferred venue for investment arbitrations. Over the past 20 years, the SCC has administered and acted as appointing authority in more than 90 investment arbitrations, both in small-sized and in large-scale disputes.
French leftist lawmakers take EU-Canada free trade deal to court
22-Feb-2017 Reuters
More than 100 French left-wing lawmakers decided to appeal to the country’s Constitutional Council to block a contentious free trade deal between the European Union and Canada.
’Resolving mobility issue is the key to UK-India free trade pact’
21-Feb-2017 The Hindu
Joint working group can act as a fulcrum for the FTA: India’s High Commissioner to UK
Canada stresses talks on NAFTA will involve all three members
21-Feb-2017 Reuters
Any talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement would involve all three member nations, a top Canadian official said
Iran supports creation of free trade zone with EAEU
21-Feb-2017 Tehran Times
Iran wants to finalize the arrangements for an agreement on formation of a free trade zone between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union
EU source: Free trade talks with Japan may see more delay
21-Feb-2017 Japan News
A further delay is seen as possible in nearly four-year-old negotiations between Japan and the European Union to conclude an economic partnership agreement.
East Asia’s economic agreement
21-Feb-2017 East Asia Forum
ASEAN centrality has also ensured that RCEP has incorporated Asia’s other large power — Japan — and reflects Japanese preferences as much as those of China.
Indonesia ready for Freeport tribunal
20-Feb-2017 Jakarta Post
In its latest move to settle a dispute over mining policy, the government has challenged United States mining giant Freeport McMoran to go to an international arbitration tribunal for a fair result.
Freeport warns of arbitration as Indonesia mining dispute escalates
20-Feb-2017 Reuters
U.S. mining giant Freeport warned it could take the Indonesian government to arbitration and seek damages over a contractual dispute that has halted operations at the world’s second-biggest copper mine.
Australia’s march towards corporatocracy
20-Feb-2017 The Conversation
While consultancies, political donations, secondments and staff movements magnify corporate influence over government, an equally sinister trend is playing out in the world of multinational corporations.
EU pushes India to extend investment pacts by six months
20-Feb-2017 The Hindu
The European Union has urged India to extend by at least six months the Bilateral Investment Treaties it has with the member countries.
China, Saudi Arabia vow to enhance cooperation
20-Feb-2017 Global Times
China sees Saudi Arabia as an important strategic partner and stands ready to speed up the China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) FTA talks with Saudi Arabia.
S2B position on the European Commission proposal for a multilateral ISDS mechanism
20-Feb-2017 S2B
Globalisation is at a dangerous crossroads. One path leads to regained policy-space for governments to address climate change, inequality and other pressing issues of our times. The other leads to more rights for corporations to bully decision-makers.
Greater exposure
20-Feb-2017 Vietnamnet
The RCEP will have the effect of locking in Vietnam - and all the other signatories - and prevent them from modifying or withdrawing investors’ rights they have granted, even if some years later they decide that granting those rights did not contribute to development in the country.
Joint statement for EU-Japan regulatory cooperation
18-Feb-2017 Business Europe & Keidanren
Business Europe and Keidanren have been encouraging industrial sector-to-sector dialogue to identify mutually beneficial solutions to non-tariff measure issues, which are a major subject for negotiation in the EU-Japan FTA.
NZ and Australia to work together to salvage TPP - English
18-Feb-2017 Radio NZ
Australia and New Zealand have agreed to work together to try to breathe life into the stalled Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement.