Articles in English
Express Tribune | 17-Jul-2019
The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has declared that the Supreme Court of Pakistan’s judgment in the rental power projects case is ‘arbitrary’.
Business Recorder | 15-Jul-2019
The Pakistan government has decided to challenge the award ICSID award that includes $4.08 billion penalty and $1.87 billion interest.
The National | 15-Jul-2019
Logistics and warehousing company is seeking to settle by arbitration a $380m dispute.
The News International | 14-Jul-2019
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank has rendered almost $6 billion (Rs950 billion) award against Pakistan in Reko Diq case.
New Internationalist | 10-Jul-2019
ISDSs, legal mechanisms designed to favour corporate interests will be integral to any post-Brexit US-UK trade deal.
The Ecologist | 9-Jul-2019
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership trade deal would undermine environmental protections in Asia.
keywords:
actions | resistance ,
corporate interests ,
environment ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
RCEP
The Investor | 8-Jul-2019
South Korea’s financial regulator said it will launch a task force later this month to handle lawsuits filed by global investors, such as US private equity fund Lone Star.
Morocco World News | 27-Jun-2019
The Italian company claims that Morocco has breached the 1990 Italy-Morocco bilateral investment treaty provisions.
EU Observer | 25-Jun-2019
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
keywords:
EU ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
labour | workers’ rights ,
Vietnam
ERR News | 24-Jun-2019
Tallinn water utility Tallinna Vesi has seen its claim against the Estonian state overruled by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), and has been ordered to pay costs likely to be in excess of half a million euros.
