Current Models of Investor State Dispute Settlement Are Bad for Health: The European Union Could Offer an Alternative; Comment on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017 In this commentary, we endorse concerns about the health impact of the trans-pacific partnership (TPP), paying particular attention to its mechanisms for investor state dispute settlement. We then describe the different, judgeled approach being advocated
Martin McKee, David Stuckler
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Do international trade and investment agreements generate regulatory chill in public health policymaking? A case study of nutrition and alcohol policy in South Africa [PDF]
Globalization and Health, 2021 Background Trade and health scholars have raised concern that international trade and particularly investment disputes may be used by transnational health harmful commodity corporations (THCCs) to effectively generate public health regulatory chill.
Penelope Milsom +3 more
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NEW APPROACHES TO THE REFORM OF INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Московский журнал международного права, 2019 Introduction. In light of the ongoing UN discussions over the investor-state dispute settlement reform, this article offers readers an opportunity to develop an understanding of not only the current reform process, but also of the directions of reforms ...
A. V. Soloveva
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An optimal investor-state dispute settlement mechanism
Journal of Economics/ Zeitschrift Fur Nationalokonomie, 2022 AbstractMany investment treaties include investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions which are supposed to protect a foreign investor against opportunistic behavior of a host country. This paper scrutinizes the optimal design of ISDS provisions that solve the holdup problem.
Frank Stähler
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Ttip, Investor–State Dispute Settlement and the Rule of Law [PDF]
European View, 2015 Many European citizens are concerned about the concept of investor–state dispute settlement, which is frequently portrayed as giving companies the right to sue governments for lost profits in secret international courts. Those who favour US–EU collaboration, including through the ambitious Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement, can ...
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Multimodal deep learning for international investment arbitration outcome prediction and bilateral investment agreement negotiation strategy optimization [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInternational investment arbitration has expanded at a remarkable pace over the past two decades, generating pressing demand for robust outcome prediction tools that can guide strategic decisions.
Hao Wu, Jiajun Xu
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Investor State Dispute Settlement [PDF]
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2018 This paper scrutinises the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism, which allows foreign investors to sue host governments for any regulations that might directly or indirectly affect private investments. It gives investors rights over host-states – and local populations – in international arbitration tribunals.
Pablo Leandro Ciocchini, Stefanie Khoury
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Back to sovereignty? Policy space in investor-State dispute settlement
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, 2022 The paper examines how investor-State dispute settlement mechanisms -included in international investment agreements- are able to condition national policy space, even when foreign investors question measures regarding human rights, public health, or ...
Magdalena Bas
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Groningen Journal of International Law, 2021 Both branches of international economic law – international investment and trade law are currently in crisis. Many reforms have been proposed to cure the shortcomings of their dispute resolution mechanisms.
Agata Zwolankiewicz
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COVID-19 and a Window of Opportunity: Guiding Principles for a Health-Promoting Trade Agenda [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022 Joshua S. Yang +3 more
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