Articles in English
Telecompaper | 24-Jan-2023
The US-based company Providence Equity Partners claims that certain actions by national public service regulator SPRK indicate a possible violation of the bilateral investment agreement between the US and Latvian governments.
EJIL: Talk! | 23-Jan-2023
The way in which the reasoning of the Rockhopper award expels any environmental considerations has the effect of making climate change interventions considerably more costly
Open Democracy | 23-Jan-2023
The treaty allows fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking climate change action. It must go.
The Conversation | 23-Jan-2023
A relatively new strategy for China is to challenge national security decisions before international tribunals using a method called investor-state dispute settlement.
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China ,
geopolitics ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
militarism | terrorism | security ,
Sweden ,
telecommunications ,
UK
Public Citizen | 20-Jan-2023
The State Department requested the $15 billion case be thrown out on jurisdictional grounds, as President Joe Biden revoked the permit for the pipeline on his first day in office, long after the US-Mexico Canada Agreement was in effect.
The Daily Star | 20-Jan-2023
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) submitted a petition, signed by 25,720 persons, urging the energy ministry for not signing the Energy Charter Treaty as the signing of the treaty will affect the public interest and the nation’s energy sector.
| 18-Jan-2023
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AfCFTA ,
Africa ,
African Union ,
FTAs (texts of) ,
investment | BITs ,
investor-state disputes | ISDS ,
ISDS reform ,
leaks
Euractiv | 18-Jan-2023
MOL and its Slovak subsidiary Slovnaft are working on a lawsuit against the government for the new windfall tax which aims to raise funds to help with expensive energy for more affected industries and households.
Grist | 18-Jan-2023
Investor-state dispute settlements increasingly allow oil and gas investors to sue countries over their climate policies.
Power Shift | 16-Jan-2023
This briefing highlights the role the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) has played in the German coal phase-out. It reveals that the ECT has influenced the coal phase-out in two important ways.
