Showing posts with label corporate sovereignty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corporate sovereignty. Show all posts
26 July 2014

In Response To Growing Protests, EU Pulls Corporate Sovereignty Chapter From TAFTA/TTIP To Allow For Public Consultation

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Here on Techdirt, we've been writing about the dangers of corporate sovereignty for a while. In recent months, more and more peopl...

Why Exactly Do We Need To 'Protect' US And EU Foreign Investments Through TAFTA/TTIP Anyway?

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Techdirt has already examined the issue of corporate sovereignty many times over the past year, as it has emerged as one of the most pro...

Does The Fast Track Authority Bill Guarantee That Corporate Sovereignty Will Be One-Sided And Unfair?

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Yesterday, Mike reported on the introduction of the "fast track authority" bill in the Senate, and pointed out some of its most...
25 July 2014

Why Tribunals Imposing Corporate Sovereignty Are Even More Dangerous Than We Thought

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Back in October, we introduced the term " corporate sovereignty " as an alternative to the standard but misleading phrase ...
24 July 2014

European Commission Desperately Tries To Justify Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In TAFTA/TTIP; Fails Dismally

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Techdirt has been writing about corporate sovereignty (also known as investor-state dispute settlement -- ISDS) for a year now. Back in ...

Resistance Grows To Inclusion Of Corporate Sovereignty In Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA)

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Remember CETA, the Canada-EU trade agreement, officially known as "Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement"? You could be fo...

South Africa Plans To Terminate And Renegotiate Treaties That Include Corporate Sovereignty

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Despite the growing evidence that corporate sovereignty clauses in international treaties pose considerable risks to nations that sign...

How Much Does Gold-Plated Corporate Sovereignty Cost? $1 Billion Or About 2% Of A Developing Country's GDP

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Last week we wrote about the rising threat of corporate sovereignty , known more obscurely as "investor-state dispute settlement...

Trade Agreements Are Designed To Give Companies Corporate Sovereignty

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One of the difficulties of making people aware of the huge impact that investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses in TPP and TAFT...