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UN business and human rights treaty negotiations continue: one step forward, two steps back?
The USMCA or "NAFTA 2.0" came into force on 1 July 2020
The US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA), the replacement to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), entered into force on 1 July 2020. …
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION'S EVALUATION AND FITNESS CHECK ROADMAP: AN OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THE EU-CENTRAL AMERICA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT
Upcoming Fossil Fuels Trial: Juliana v. United States
In August 2015, the United States, then president Barack Obama, and the heads of numerous federal executive agencies were sued in a civil rights action …
ICJ determines first ever compensation claim for environmental harm
On 2 February 2018, the International Court of Justice (the "ICJ" or the "Court") delivered judgment in the case concerning Certain Activities Carried …
Bear Creek Mining Corp. v. Peru: the potential impact on damages of an investor's contributory action and failure to obtain a social license
In an award dated 30 November 2017 (the "Award"), an ICSID Tribunal ordered Peru to pay around US$30.4million to Canadian company Bear Creek Mining (the …
North American trade and investment developments: No new NAFTA (for now), and Mexico signs the ICSID Convention
One month into 2018, the future of NAFTA continues to hang in the balance. The negotiating parties will reportedly convene in Ottawa for the sixth of …
A warning shot for investor-state dispute settlement under NAFTA 2.0?
The US Trade Representative (USTR) is reportedly finalizing a proposal to dramatically restructure NAFTA's investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) …
What to watch for as NAFTA (re)negotiators get to work
On August 16, 2017, trade representatives of the United States, Mexico and Canada will convene in Washington, DC for the first of seven scheduled rounds …
NAFTA Renegotiation: ISDS reform objectives
The United States will lobby for changes to the investor-state dispute settlement ("ISDS") provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement …
Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf publishes full recommendations over limits of Argentina's continental shelf
The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (the CLCS) has now published its full recommendations on the limits of Argentina's …
TPP deal reached: investment arbitration survives
After a lengthy final period of negotiation in Atlanta, it has been announced that the TPP, the world's largest mega-regional trade and investment deal, …
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