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Labour standards and the new US model investment agreement
Last month, the US State Department published its new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT). A BIT is treaty between two States which establishes protective rules when a national (person or...
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Labour Standards and CSR Norms in International Investment Agreements:...
I am currently working on a chapter that will be published in the Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy, by Oxford University Press. The volume will examine how to bridge the divide...
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The problem of core labour standards in a nutshell (or: … in an EU press...
The European Union issued a statement three days ago about the horrifying factory fires in Bangladesh. It was signed by Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs, and Karel de...
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Beyond the ‘race to the bottom’: alternative justifications for minimum...
International Investment Agreements (IIA) play an important role in the protection and liberalization of global capital flows. Attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) is often seen as a prerequisite...
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Labor provisions in bilateral investment treaties: Does the new US Model BIT...
Unlike its trade-counterpart, the relationship between international investment law and labor standards has neither resulted in much treaty practice nor attracted extensive scholarly attention. The...
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