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.
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Is It Time to Say Farewell to the ISDS System?; Comment on “The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Is It Everything We Feared for Health?” [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2017 Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) continues to plague health-oriented government regulation. This is particularly reflected in recent challenges to tobacco control measures through bilateral investment agreements.
Raphael Lencucha
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International investment liberalization, transnational corporations and NCD prevention policy non-decisions: a realist review on the political economy of tobacco, alcohol and ultra-processed food [PDF]
Globalization and Health, 2021 Background Public health concerns relating to international investment liberalization have centred on the potential for investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)-related regulatory chill.
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Cogent Social SciencesThe return of the Calvo Doctrine, which emphasizes the sovereignty of host states and the primacy of local legal remedies in resolving disputes involving foreign investors, has significant implications for the reform of the Investor-State Dispute ...
Jiaqi Song
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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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Проблеми Законності, 2021 The counterclaim institute is one of crucial legal defense options during the dispute settlement in domestic and international jurisdictions; investment arbitration is not an exception. The most famous dispute settlement platform is International centre
Olexandr Vasiliovich Serdiuk +1 more
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European Papers, 2021 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2021 6(1), 645-673 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. EU and a reformed international investment order. - II.1. Post-Lisbon intra-EU developments and traditional
Arman Melikyan
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German Law Journal, 2023 This article explores digitalization’s impacts on the existing international investment law regime. In particular, it examines whether international investment agreements (IIAs) apply to the digital economy, analyzing their scope of application ...
Rodrigo Polanco
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Bilateral Investment Treaties - a Potential Trap for Developing Economies: A Lesson from Thailand [PDF]
Athens Journal of Business & Economics, 2018 There is a growing concern amongst both developing and developed countries concerning the potential impact of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) awards on the ability of a government to act in the best interest of its citizens.
Robert Brian Smith +1 more
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Is Investor-State Arbitration Unfair? A Freedom-Based Perspective
Global justice: Theory, Practice, Rhetoric, 2017 Investor-state-dispute-settlement (ISDS) is an arbitration mechanism to settle disputes between foreign investors and host-states. Seemingly a technical issue in private international law, ISDS procedures have recently become a matter of public concern ...
Ayelet Banai
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