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Third World Network (TWN)
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» Interview: Why Can Corporate Interests Trump Sovereign Rights?
Online Publication Date:02 May 2013
The Real News Network (TRNN) spoke to international trade and investment expert, Chakravarthi Raghavan, about the need to transform the structure as well as the substance of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) institution making up an important part of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) being signed around the world.
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» Investors running wild on land: the threats posed by international investment agreements
Online Publication Date:28 March 2013
A briefing note by Traidcraft, entitled ‘Investors running wild on land: the threats posed by international investment agreements’, discusses the impacts of the increasing number of investment agreements on developing economies.
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» Investment arbitration a "self-serving" industry, says study
Online Publication Date:20 December 2012
Rather than acting as fair and neutral intermediaries, the international investment arbitration industry has "a vested interest in perpetuating an investment regime that prioritises the rights of investors at the expense of democratically elected national governments and sovereign states", according to a new report by the Transnational Institute and Corporate Europe Observatory.
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» Investment treaties come under fire
Online Publication Date:19 November 2012
A GROWING number of international law suits has highlighted an emerging global crisis: the nature and effects of investment treaties signed between governments but which allow private companies and investors to sue countries for millions or even billions of dollars.
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» BITs, FTAs and damaging effects of their investment chapters
Online Publication Date:01 October 2012
A World Trade Organisation (WTO) Public Forum held last week highlighted the damaging effects of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and the investment chapters of North-South Free Trade Agreements.
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» Trade: BITs ‘not decisive in attracting investment', says South Africa
Online Publication Date:26 September 2012
South African government's experience has shown that there was no clear relationship between signing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and increased inflows of FDI.
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» Global Trends by Martin Khor: FTA may cause drug prices to sky-rocket
Online Publication Date:27 August 2012
Many health, medical and patient groups around the world are protesting against proposals in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement to boost patent rights and severely limit generic medicines, which will make medicines for life-threatening diseases unaffordable to many people.
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» Government Procurement in the EU-India FTA: Dangers for India
Online Publication Date:14 July 2012
Are Indian manufacturers and service providers ready to compete with their European counterparts in this very lucrative market, which also serves as an effective social and development policy tool? What will Indian companies get in return in the European market and will India gain on balance? And how does this compare with India’s domestic laws regarding government procurement?
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