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Energy Charter Treaty's Investor Protection Provisions : Potential to Foster Solutions to Global Warming and Promote Sustainable Development

Sussman, Edna - 2014

The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is the only multi-lateral treaty that deals specifically with the energy sector. It must be carefully reviewed to see if it can play a role in addressing climate change. The importance of international investment in the energy sector in the developing countries...

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The legal framework applicable to joint interpretive agreements of investment treaties

Gaukrodger, David - 2016

Governments have been examining the potential role of joint government interpretations of investment treaties at OECD … around the world. But while a significant number of major recent treaties contain such express provisions, most investment … and amendments on third parties and in particular on investors covered by a treaty. Joint government interpretation can be …

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State-to-state dispute settlement and the interpretation of investment treaties

Gaukrodger, David - 2016

Many governments have expressed concerns about the uncertainty linked to the perceived inconsistency of treaty interpretation in Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS). An OECD-hosted intergovernmental investment roundtable has been considering a range of tools through which governments can...

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Societal benefits and costs of international investment agreements : a critical review of aspects and available empirical evidence

Pohl, Joachim - 2018

This paper reviews alleged societal benefits and costs of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) as suggested by academia, governments, business and civil society. It sets out the wide range of issues that diverse actors have proposed in the context of assessing the societal benefits and...

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement : A Scoping Paper for the Investment Policy Community

Gaukrodger, David - 2012

Governments are facing an increasing number of arbitration claims by foreign investors relating to important public policies or seeking substantial damages, and many governments are taking a greater joint interest in how such cases are resolved in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). This...

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Analyzing the Disputes on Subsidy and Countervailing Measures : Implications for the Current WTO Negotiations

Chaisse, Julien; Chakraborty, Debashis; Kumar, Animesh - 2015

Presently the Doha Round negotiations for ensuring disciplines in the area of subsidies and countervailing measures are going on at the multilateral level. In particular, a major focus of the current negotiation is on removal of the actionable subsidies being provided in the fishery sector. The...

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EU-India Bilateral Trade and Investment Agreement : Opportunities and Challenges

Chakraborty, Debashis; Chaisse, Julien; Kumar, Animesh - 2015

India has a long history of economic linkages with the EU member states. In recent period, the volumes of Indo-EU trade both in case of merchandise products and services have considerably increased and a number of investment collaboration opportunities are emerging. Since 2007 the two sides are...

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Sovereign Wealth Funds, Transnational Law, and the New Paradigms of International Financial Relations

Ghahramani, Salar - 2013

International financial relations have largely been defined by cross-border trade, foreign direct investments, and global banking relations. This paper demonstrates that another activity, sovereign investments by special vehicles known as sovereign wealth funds, is rapidly redefining the...

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Investor-State Dispute Settlement : A Scoping Paper for the Investment Policy Community

Gaukrodger, David; Gordon, Kathryn - 2013

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International Investment Law and the Protection of Foreign Investment in Brazil

Titi, Catharine - 2020

popular destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) around the world. But unlike most countries, including its neighbours …

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