Sofern in Freihandelsabkommen Schiedsgerichte vereinbart würden, hätten Investoren die Möglichkeit öffentliche Regulierungen anzugreifen, sagte Peter Fuchs von der Organisation PowerShift im Dlf. Das könne für den Steuerzahler sehr teuer werden.
EU member states approved the Commission plans to keep investment protection provisions seperate from trade agreements so that they can be approved without the ratification of national or regional parliaments.
Swedish utility Vattenfallhas no legal grounds to ask a U.S. arbitration courtif it can claim 4.7 billion euros ($5.6 billion) from Berlinfor forcing it to halt nuclear production, the German governmenthas said in a letter.
The recent Eiser v. Spain ICSID award is yet another example of a state being condemned to pay a large monetary sum merely because an investor has been economically disadvantaged by a reasonable and necessary regulatory change.
Friends of the Earth Europe welcomes the decision of the Belgian government to file a request for an opinion to the European Court of Justice on the Investment Court System (ICS) included in the EU-Canada trade deal CETA [1]. The ECJ will now examine if the ICS is compatible with the European Treaties. An opinion from the Court finding an incompatibility would put the future of the CETA ratification in doubt.
With NAFTA renegotiations about to begin, Public Citizen has compiled the latest information on how NAFTA’s outcomes measure up to its proponents’ promises. This is the second of a four-part expose.
A Mexican company has threatened to bring a €42 million investment treaty claim against Portugal over a cancelled deal to privatise part of Lisbon’s public transport system.