The Commission’s proposals to reform ISDS in its coming trade and investment treaties made public today reveal a gradual and incremental approach to reforming Europe’s investment protection system. This will not likely appease left-of-centre critics of international investment tribunals. By Iana Dreyer.
Tag: ISDS
COMMENT: What an ECJ opinion on EU accession to Europe’s foremost human rights convention means for ISDS
Opinion 2/13 anyone? This is a recent legal opinion of the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice on whether it is legal for the EU to join the European Convention on Human Rights. It has important ramifications for current EU Commission efforts to reform investor-to-state dispute settlement. By Iana Dreyer.
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Comment: Centre-right MEPs have seized the moment on ISDS
The EU Parliament centre-right majority group are becoming more visible in the debate on investment protection issues in trade agreements and in TTIP. MEPs from the EPP made an unusual show of presence and responsiveness at the trade committee meeting on 18 March 2015 in which trade commissioner Malmström presented the …
Analysis: Party politics of ISDS in the EU – a moving target
After debates in the European parliament and in the German social-democratic party held this week on investor-to-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in TTIP, only one thing is clear: ISDS is a moving target on the European political scene. By Iana Dreyer.
COMMENT: Turning the tide on deteriorating EU investment protection standards after Lisbon
The standards of investment protection in the European Union (EU) have been lowered at a time when the bloc badly needs private and foreign direct investment, argues Nikos Lavranos in a piece of commentary on the state of investment law on the continent. But the EU can turn the tide …
Blog: Power games – Commission wants member states to apply transparency to ISDS in their BITs
Event tomorrow: EFILA Inaugural conference – 23 January 2015
Inaugural Conference of EFILA 23 January 2015 University of London Senate House, London, UK We are delighted to announce that the Inaugural Conference of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration (EFILA) will take place on 23 January 2015 at the University of London.
TTIP and the European politics of ISDS: what next?
[sh_light_text ]The European Commission decided last week to buy time over investor protection clauses in the planned transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) after it published the largely negative results of a public consultation over the matter. So: what next? Iana Dreyer has gathered the views of a few veterans …
In brief: Results of ISDS consulation in TTIP postponed until mid January
The EU’s trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström announced that the results of the public consultation on investor protection clauses in the ongoing transatlantic trade and investment agreement (TTIP) discussions will be published in January 2015.
