This comment deals with the legal and geopolitical ramifications of the recent EU-China investment treaty. It notes that Canada also has an investment agreement with China, concluded at a different time and when there was seen to be value in this kind of deal with China. Investment Treaty with China Raises Concerns-Globe 14 Jan 2021
Here is a commentary of mine that was published in the Financial Post on October 2, 2014. To see the actual FP piece, click here. October 2, 2014 China investment treaty no sell-out Special to Financial Post Lawrence L. Herman: Predictions of doom over the Canada-China deal aren’t borne out by real-life experience Predictions of… Read More »
The reported German rejection of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) in the Canada-EU trade and investment agreement, while inexcusably late in the day, shouldn’t come as a total surprise. The July 26 Sueddeutsche Zeitung report simply articulates Germany’s growing distrust over these binding investment arbitration provisions, of particular German concern in the context of the EU-US… Read More »
The German position rejecting investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) in the CETA– while a last minute surprise and reprehensible for that reason – doesn’t spell the end of the Canada-EU deal by any means. The Germans have simply come out with a position that has been bubbling for some time. More and more stakeholders, beyond the typical… Read More »