Resources

UN Binding Treaty Briefing – UK Working Group

UN Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights briefing

ISDS files: Lydian v Armenia

Mining company threatened to sue when protestors blockaded a gold mine and government allowed the protest to go ahead

ISDS files: Chevron v Ecuador

CASE NAME: CHEVRON V ECUADOR SUMMARY: US oil firm sued Ecuador after compensation ordered for devastating Amazon oil spill STATUS: Chevron won AT STAKE: Undisclosed

ISDS files: Anglian Water v Argentina

Water company sued when Argentina froze water prices during a financial crisis

Briefing: The case against corporate courts

ISDS is an unjust mechanism that should have no place in the UK’s trade and investment policy.

ISDS files: Philip Morris v Australia

Tobacco giant sues Australia over plain packaging for cigarettes

ISDS files: Lone Pine V Canada

Oil and gas company suing the Canadian government over a moratorium on fracking in Quebec

ISDS files: Agro EcoEnergy v Tanzania

Sugar plantation investor accused of a land grab is suing after the Tanzanian government took back the land title

Trading up for health

How to prevent trade deals from undermining health

The Trans-Pacific Powergrab

TPP Briefing: Why joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be bad for people and planet – and the UK

The Trade Bill: Constitutional implications and recommendations

A broad range of civil society organisations are deeply concerned that, as it stands, the Trade Bill gives the executive vast powers over trade policy. 

Briefing: UK-Israel trade

The UK Government has identified Israel as a priority trading partner with which it will negotiate a bilateral trade agreement post-Brexit, replicating its current trade arrangement under the EU-Israel Association Agreement.