Tag: ISDS

Investor-State Dispute Settlement: An Anachronism Whose Time Has Gone

| 24 September 2018
Trade, Policy Briefs | Tags: Investment, ISDS, Services Trade
Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) – a mechanism that allows foreign investors to bring claims against host governments to an international arbitral tribunal – is a postcolonial relic that should be abolished. ... continue reading

Inside CETA: Unpacking the EU-Canada free trade deal

| 12 December 2014
Trade, Blog | Tags: Employment, Environment, ISDS, Subsidies
How are sustainable development objectives treated in the latest major preferential trade agreements?  In late September, the European Union and Canada released the long-awaited text of a bilateral free trade pact, five years after launching talks, and almost one year on from announcing they had ... continue reading