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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

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.
Penelope Milsom, Richard Smith, Phillip Baker, Helen Walls   +3 more
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Trade in the balance: reconciling trade and climate policy: report of the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy [PDF]

, 2016
This repository item contains a report published by the Working Group on Trade, Investment, and Climate Policy at The Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at Boston University, and the Global Economic Governance Initiative ...
Ackerman, Frank, Bernasconi, Nathalie, Cabré, Miquel Muñoz, Corbett, James J., Gallagher, Kevin P., Güven, Brooke Skartvedt, Hu, Tao, Janetos, Anthony C., Johnson, Lisa, Mbengue, Makane Moïse, Monasterolo, Irene, Porterfield, Matthew C., Raberto, Marco, Schacherer, Stefanie, Schachter, Judith (Claire), Selin, Henrik, Thrasher, Rachel   +16 more
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Rethinking the ‘Defeminization of Agriculture’: Land Consolidation and Crop Diversification in Vietnam's Red River Delta

Development and Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, agricultural restructuring in Vietnam — driven by land consolidation, crop diversification and modernization — has shifted farming from labour‐intensive to capital‐intensive production. This article argues that agrarian change in Vietnam has not simply resulted in the marginalization of women, a finding that ...
Nga Dao, Quang Phung
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Climate obstruction and capital accumulation by feigned victimization: TC Energy and the political economy of investor-state dispute settlement

Business and Politics
The international investment regime provides generous protections for foreign investors against adverse legal changes in host states, and unusually strong procedural rights to enforce those protections in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS ...
Kyla Tienhaara, Fergus Green
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Modernization of the Investor-State Dispute Settlement System: reform or revolution?

Московский журнал международного права, 2023
INTRODUCTION. The UN Commission on International Trade Law established Working Group III in 2017. Within the framework of this Working Group, States’ delegations and representatives of international governmental and non-governmental organizations seek to
I. M. Lifshits, A. V. Shatalova
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A spectral analysis extension to DEMATEL for strategic leverage points identification

International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Efforts to intervene in complex systems often emphasize influential factors, yet system behavior is equally shaped by the relationships among them. Methods such as Decision‐Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) map causal structures but remain descriptive and do not identify which relationships provide the greatest leverage for ...
Pavlos Delias, Kerasia Kalkitsa
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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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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Should Be Systematically Assessed in Individuals With Insomnia: A Population‐Based Study Employing a Virtual Agent‐Based Digital Tool

Journal of Sleep Research, EarlyView.
In a cohort of 21,590 participants undergoing a 17‐day digital sleep intervention, the ‘sleepy insomniac’ phenotype was highly prevalent and was associated with comorbidities in about half of the cases. Compared to individuals with insomnia without sleepiness, these participants were more likely to experience middle or late insomnia symptoms but showed
Julien Coelho, Florian Pécune, Alex Chanteclair, Christophe Gauld, Etienne de Sevin, Emmanuel d'Incau, Patricia Sagaspe, Tafsir Ka, Hervé Alia, Charles M. Morin, Jean‐Arthur Micoulaud‐Franchi, Pierre Philip   +11 more
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The European Union's Emerging Approach to ISDS: a Review of the Canada-Europe CETA, Europe-Singapore FTA, and Europe-Vietnam FTA

University of Bologna Law Review, 2016
The European Union’s approach to ISDS is examined based on the available textual evidence in proposed or negotiated trade agreements. The evaluation focuses on three criteria: judicial independence, procedural fairness, and balance in the allocation of ...
Gus Van Harten
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‘Authority Shifts’ in Global Governance: Intersecting Politicizations and the Reform of Investor–State Arbitration

Politics and Governance, 2020
The global investment regime is a prime example of the so-called ‘politicization beyond the state.’ Investment agreements with an Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism have become contested in several corners of the globe, triggering a ...
Anna Herranz-Surrallés
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