By: Savannah Kelly, Senior Staffer Investors have the right to protect their investments just as host states have the right to protect public interests–otherwise recognized as public interest regulation. The balance between the rights of investors and that of states skews off-kilter when arbitral proceedings whittle away or strip entirely the regulatory autonomy of states….
Category: Trade Agreement
An Overview of the EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
The European Union-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (EUSFTA), a bilaterally beneficial trade agreement, was finally implemented on November 20, 2019, after ten years of negotiations. Talks began in 2009, with the Good and Services negotiations and investment protection negotiations ending in 2012 and 2014, respectively. EUSFTA was signed in October 2018, and approved by the European…
The Arbitration Brief 