{"id":3434,"date":"2015-08-04T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T22:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itn.mattrock.ca\/?p=3434"},"modified":"2024-08-09T18:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T16:26:25","slug":"itn-quarterly-august-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/itn-quarterly-august-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"ITN Quarterly August 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PDF \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-august-2015-english.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">English<\/a>\u00a0(810 MB) \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-aout-2015-francais.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>\u00a0(817 MB)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iisd.org\/sites\/default\/files\/publications\/iisd-itn-agosto-2015-espanol.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>\u00a0(813 KB)<\/p>\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/the-brazilian-agreement-on-cooperation-and-facilitation-of-investments-acfi-a-new-formula-for-international-investment-agreements\/\">The Brazilian Agreement on Cooperation and Facilitation of Investments (ACFI): A New Formula for International Investment Agreements?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/farmland-investments-and-water-rights-in-africa-the-legal-regimes-converging-over-land-and-water\/\">Farmland Investments and Water Rights in Africa: The Legal Regimes Converging over Land and Water<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/working-by-design-new-ideas-to-empower-u-s-and-european-workers-in-ttip\/\">Working by Design: New Ideas to Empower U.S. and European Workers in TTIP<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/news-in-brief-20\/\">News in Brief<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/binding-instrument-on-business-and-human-rights-working-group-holds-its-first-session\/\">Binding instrument on business and human rights: Working Group holds its first session<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/european-parliament-supports-ttip-but-rejects-current-isds-model\/\">European Parliament supports TTIP, but rejects current <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips43'>ISDS<\/span> model<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/bolivia-promulgates-conciliation-and-arbitration-law-with-regime-for-investor-state-disputes\/\">Bolivia promulgates Conciliation and Arbitration Law with regime for investor\u2013state disputes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/european-commission-requests-member-states-to-terminate-intra-eu-bits\/\">European Commission requests Member States to terminate intra-<span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips117'>EU<\/span> BITs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/china-signs-ftas-with-south-korea-and-australia-conducts-new-round-of-bit-negotiation-with-united-states\/\">China signs FTAs with South Korea and Australia, conducts new round of <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips63'>BIT<\/span> negotiation with United States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/awards-and-decisions-20\/\">Awards and Decisions<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/png-sustainable-development-program-ltd-v-independent-state-of-papua-new-guinea-icsid-case-no-arb-13-33\/\">Unanimous <span class='tooltipsall tooltipsincontent classtoolTips18'>ICSID<\/span> tribunal dismisses expropriation claim due to Papua New Guinea\u2019s lack of written consent to arbitrate<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iisd.org\/itn\/2015\/08\/04\/postova-banka-a-s-and-istrokapital-se-v-the-hellenic-republic-icsid-case-no-arb-13-8\/\">Government bonds not covered, despite broad definition of \u201cinvestment\u201d in Slovakia\u2013Greece BIT; 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