[sh_light_text ]A Hague tribunal US$ 50 bn award concludes one of the world’s most high-profile expropriation cases, that of Yukos, the former biggest Russian oil company previously owned by Michail Khodorkovsky, reports Iana Dreyer.[/sh_light_text]
Tag: ISDS
Mega-regionals muddy investment-protection landscape
[sh_light_text ]Mega-regional trade agreements such as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) may complicate rules designed to protect investors, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says.[/sh_light_text] By Jennifer Freedman
Investor-state disputes in the US & EU – beyond the myths
[sh_light_text ]Iana Dreyer comments on a new note published by UNCTAD, the Geneva-based UN body dealing with trade and investment, analysing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) cases where the United States (US) and European Union (EU) member states have been involved. [/sh_light_text]
Blog: UNCTAD & WTO reports on investment & trade measures – EU in all this
Yesterday, new facts and numbers of about international trade and investment policies came out of Geneva. A short UNCTAD-OECD report on G20 Investment Measures was published, and the WTO released its semi-annual report on trade measures as a means to track down protectionist tendencies. Borderlex is interested in how Europe is …
Comment: Why an EU-China investment agreement would not be such a bad thing
[sh_light_text ]China and the European Union (EU) are currently negotiating an international investment agreement (IIA). Both parties place a lot of hopes in the treaty’s effects on foreign investment flows. But these effects will likely be limited. Nonetheless, concluding the agreement is a real opportunity to improve both bilateral and international investment rules, says …
Comment: Canada-EU CETA – what’s left to be done and why it matters
The Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) won’t solve Europe’s energy woes nor end Canada’s reliance on the American market. But both sides have plenty to lose if the agreement is left to languish. Very importantly, CETA sets a new bar for managing investor-state relations. If CETA’s extra specification …
