Balancing the concurrent rights of sovereign states to regulate in their interest and of foreign investors to be afforded certain standards of protection when investing in a foreign jurisdiction…
The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (“TPA”), in force since 15 May 2012, has been interpreted through a 15 January 2025 decision (Decision No. 9) issued by the Free Trade Commission…
One could be forgiven for thinking that teaching international economic law in the United States (“U.S.”) is challenging these days. The U.S. has disabled the World Trade Organization's (“WTO”)…
The takeover of the Chinese-owned British Steel Limited by the UK Government under the Steel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2015 can lead to the submission of a dispute to investment treaty…
On February 26, 2025, the Tribunal in Honduras Próspera Inc., et al. v. Republic of Honduras rejected an unprecedented attempt to dismiss investment treaty claims for failure to exhaust local…
With the increasing scarcity of resources on Earth, in particular the increasing demand for the raw materials that are needed for technologies to combat climate change, legal issues relating to the…
2024 witnessed significant developments concerning the Energy Charter Treaty (“ECT”), ranging from a new wave of withdrawals to the adoption of the modernised ECT in December. This post reviews the…
The Patel Engineering Limited (“PEL”) v the Republic of Mozambique tribunal, constituted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, dealt with pre-investment expenditures and whether such expenditures…
The EU-Angola Sustainable Investment Facilitation Agreement (“SIFA” or the “Agreement”) aims at facilitating sustainable investments. Contrary to traditional investment treaties, it does not include…
