February 2009 - News and Commentary - Investment Treaty News (ITN)

Canadian First Nations Chief intervenes in NAFTA Chapter 11 tobacco dispute

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 27 February 2009 The head of the Canadian Assembly of First Nations Peoples has voiced his support for a group of Canadian investors in a tobacco company who are suing the U.S. government for alleged violations of NAFTA Chapter 11...

Published Fri, Feb 27 2009 8:21 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: NAFTA, Human Rights, Canada, the United States of America, Grand River Enterprises Six Nations, Aboriginal People

ICSID registers claim by Spanish investor against Argentina over airline dispute

By Fernando Cabrera Diaz 20 February 2009 The Spanish investor Grupo Marsans is behind a claim against Argentina registered by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes on 30 January 2009. A spokesperson for the Madrid-based Grupo...

Published Mon, Feb 23 2009 1:14 PM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

NAFTA fifteen years later: the successes, failures and future prospects of Chapter 11

By Elizabeth Whitsitt 16 February 2009 Fifteen years ago the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) entered into force and became the first regional trade agreement between a developing country (Mexico) and two developed nations (Canada and the United...

Published Tue, Feb 17 2009 3:56 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: NAFTA Chapter 11, Interviews

EU Member States reject the call to terminate intra-EU bilateral investment treaties

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 10 February 2009 The majority of European Union Member States want to maintain the network of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) that exist between themselves, despite concerns by the European Commission that these treaties have...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2009 8:43 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: European Commission, bilateral investment treaty, European Union, European Court of Justice

U.S. academics urge the Obama administration to improve the international investment regime

By Damon Vis-Dunbar 6 February 2009 Faculty at Columbia University in New York have called on U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration to address “imperfections” in the international legal regime that governs foreign investment....

Published Fri, Feb 06 2009 2:55 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: United States, international investment law, Columbia University, reform

Bolivian voters approve new constitution as government continues to nationalize oil assets

By Fernando Cabrera Diaz 4 February 2009 Bolivian President Evo Morales has claimed victory in the 25 January 2009 national referendum on a new constitution for the Andean nation. The constitution passed just days after the Bolivian leader announced his...

Published Wed, Feb 04 2009 2:57 AM by Damon Vis-Dunbar

Filed under: Bolivia, international arbitration, constitution

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