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Source: thehindubusinessline.com Septiembre 18 2012 by SHEKHAR SWAMY A system that generates wealth and jobs for millions will be replaced by retail giants with the pricing power to squeeze farmers and consumers. The UPA Government announced its policy last week, of inviting big multinational retailers to come and take over the Indian market. Predictably, the pro-lobby that has worked behind the scenes has expressed delight. Source: GDAE By Kevin P. Gallagher and Leonardo E. Stanley Pardee Policy Brief No. 24 Download the policy brief Next week the World Trade Organization (WTO) will consider a proposal by Ecuador and others that WTO members undertake a discussion about the relationship between the financial regulatory reforms and global trade rules. This new policy brief suggests that such a discussion is urgently needed Source: Bdlive.co.za Septiembre 23 2012 by Jana Marais European Union officials and business leaders are “disappointed” and “very concerned” about South Africa’s decision to cancel investment protection agreements with the EU, the source of more than 80% of foreign direct investment in South Africa. Last week South Africa terminated an investment treaty with Belgium and Luxembourg when it expired. In total, South Africa has Source: Coc.org Rethinking Bretton Woods | Mon, Sep 10, 2012 By Aldo Caliari An assessment of UNCTAD’s Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD), a document that intends to serve as a comprehensive point of reference for policymakers formulating national and international investment policies. UNCTAD has released its Investment Policy Framework for Sustainable Development (IPFSD), a document that intends to serve as a comprehensive point Source: Reprinted with permission from the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (www.vcc.columbia.edu).
Columbia FDI Perspectives Perspectives on topical foreign direct investment issues by the Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment No. 78 September 10, 2012 Editor-in-Chief: Karl P. Sauvant (Karl.Sauvant@law.columbia.edu) Managing Editor: Jennifer Reimer (jreimer01@gmail.com) Reconciling IMF rules and international investment agreements: An innovative derogation Dear friends, We have four days to stop a top-secret global corporate power grab that attacks everything from a free Internet to environmental protections. This agreement is being negotiated right now by bureaucrats backed by corporate lobbyists. Click below to crash their secret meeting with our global call to kill the TPP deal: Details are leaking of a top-secret, global corporate power grab of breathtaking scope – Source: Businessweek.com By Brian Wingfield on September 09, 2012 Dozens of groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and International Brotherhood of Teamsters met with negotiators during Pacific-region trade talks in Leesburg, Virginia, as protesters called for more openness in the discussions. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office conducted a “stakeholders’ forum” yesterday for interested groups at the latest round of negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Source: Officeofpublicwitness.blogspot.com September 11, 2012 INTERFAITH WORKING GROUP ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT AWASHINGTON-BASED WORKING GROUP WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM A RANGE OF FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTED TO ASSERTING A STRONGER PRESENCE OF COMMUNITIES OF FAITH IN PUBLIC POLICY DISCUSSIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT. Contact: Catherine Gordon(Chair, IWG on Trade and Investment) (202) 543-1126 catherine.gordon@pcusa.org As religious institutions and faith-based Source: Citizenstrade.org By CTC– September 9, 2012 Posted in: Breaking Issues As the 14th major round of closed-door negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in northern Virginia, Citizens Trade Campaign and our labor, environmental, consumer, public health, family farm and other social justice allies were there to demand an end to back-room dealmaking for the 1%. . The outside protests began with the TPP: Out |
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We provide this documentation from the ICSID web page for a critical analysis. It includes the list of cases that this tribunal has filed and managed historically and until 2009.
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