EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement

Amicable Settlement, CETA, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, European Union

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An intriguing feature of Investment court system (“ICS”) of resolving disputes in Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement (“CETA”) and the European Union-Viet Nam Investment Protection Agreement (“EUVIPA”) is the amicable resolution of disputes to avoid long and expensive burden of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (“ISDS”) (see Art. 8.19 (1) CETA and Art. 3.39 EUVIPA). Another exceptional…

Achmea, CETA, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, European Union

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With the proposed investment court system, the European Commission aims to limit criticism revolved around Investor-State Dispute Settlement due to its lack of legitimacy, transparency and appellate mechanism. The investment regime under Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada (hereinafter “CETA”) and European Union-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement (hereinafter “EUVFTA”) could be a solution by…

CETA, CJEU, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, European Commission, European Union, ISDS

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Schoenherr

The European Commission (“EC”) has recently taken another step in its efforts to replace the traditional investor-state-dispute-settlement (“ISDS”) mechanism which underlies the approximately 1,400 bilateral investment agreements in force between EU Member States and third countries. On 13 September 2017, the EC issued, based on Article 218(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

CETA, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, ISDS, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

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Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

It has become customary for governments and other organisations to issue “Qs and As” to dispel myths about trade agreements. They usually contain categorical statements made to correct the record and reassure the concerned. The following ten “Qs and As” would likely not be issued by the EU Commission, as too many answers to the…

CETA, EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, European Union, ICSID Convention, Investment agreements, Investment Arbitration, Investment protection, ISDS, TPP, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

(General Editor, ICCA Publications; Amsterdam Center for International Law, University of Amsterdam)/ /Leave a comment
Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA)

International investment law and investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) are at a historic juncture as the United States and the European Union (EU) have started to address the content and contours of the investment chapter in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in the latest negotiation round that took place in Brussels the last week…