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15 December 2016
An investor-state arbitration tribunal published its final ruling last week in the row between a US-based wind energy company, Windstream, and the Canadian government. The award brought an end to a dispute that was filed four years ago under the investment chapter of the North American Free Trade...
15 July 2016
Canadian energy giant TransCanada has now filed a request for investor-state arbitration in connection with the US government’s rejection last year of its application to build the cross-border Keystone XL oil pipeline. The Canadian company has claimed that the decision violates provisions of the...
14 July 2016
Canadian energy giant TransCanada has now filed a request for investor-state arbitration in connection with the US government’s rejection last year of its application to build the cross-border Keystone XL oil pipeline. The Canadian company has claimed that the decision violates provisions of the...
15 January 2016
北美主要的能源公司横加公司（也是提议修建拱心石管道项目的公司）上周宣布，已经提出一份意向书，根据北美自由贸易协定（NAFTA），启动针对美国政府的价值数十亿美元的投资者－东道国诉讼。 该公司在1月6日说，此举是对奥巴马政府2015年末决定不向跨境管道项目签发总统许可所作出的回应。横加公司还在一个美国国内法庭上挑战了该决议的合宪性。 这条新闻将这一著名的极具争议的管道项目重新拉回了人们的视线，而此时正值美国选举年，华盛顿的国会政治相当困难的时期；一边是美国总统奥巴马在推动批准跨太平洋伙伴关系（TPP）协定；而一些人怀疑在贸易协定中加入投资者-东道国争端解决（ISDS）条款是否有益处。...
14 January 2016
The TransCanada Corporation, the major North American energy company which had proposed the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, announced last week that it has filed a notice of intent to initiate a multibillion-dollar investor-state claim against the US government under the North American...
14 October 2015
How best to ensure socially-responsible trade in the face of long and complex global value chains? Supply-chain due diligence is increasingly becoming a business reality and a regulatory requirement. The most recent example for mandatory regulation is a proposal by the European Parliament to...
1 May 2015
中国财政部最近 确认 ，将从5月1日起终止对稀土征收出口税。该政策以及过去对矿产品的出口配额，都被告到WTO的争端解决机制，并且被判败诉。 欧盟、美国和日本曾在WTO对中国的出口税和配额提起诉讼，WTO上诉机构在2014年8月作出裁定，认为中国对稀土、钨、钼等自然资源的出口限制大多数不符合贸易规则。（《Bridges Weekly》， 2014年09月10日 ） 中国方面的抗辩是，这些政策是为了限制稀土开采和生产对环境造成的影响。但是，起诉方则认为，这些限制措施的实际目的是为了推高这些矿产品的价格，并给予中国生产商不公平的竞争优势。 中国是稀土矿产最大的生产国，大约占全球产量的90%，...
30 April 2015
China’s Ministry of Finance recently confirmed that it will be ending its export tax on rare earths, starting on 1 May. The policy, along with its past use of export quotas on these minerals, had been the subject of a high-profile WTO dispute that Beijing lost last year. The tax and quotas had been...
19 January 2015
新年伊始，中国官方媒体报道称，继世界贸易组织（WTO）于去年八月裁定此类限制措施与世贸规则不符之后，中国取消了其对17种稀土元素以及钨和钼产品的严格出口配额管理。 据媒体报道，12月末商务部发布的《2015年出口许可证管理货物目录》已发出调整的信号。现在，中国稀土产商凭出口合同申领出口许可证，其出口数额再无限制。 中国是世界上稀土矿物的主要生产国。稀土主要用于制造包括清洁能源产品在内的高科技产品，比如：风力涡轮和高效照明。 自然资源贸易，资源保护措施？ 继几年前北京对稀土出口实施了一系列配额和关税措施之后，欧盟、日本和美国于2012年向世贸组织提起诉讼。...
10 September 2014
The WTO Appellate Body confirmed last month that China’s export restrictions on various rare earths, as well as tungsten and molybdenum, are largely inconsistent with international trade rules. The decision, which was formally adopted by the Dispute Settlement Body a few weeks ago, upheld the main...
19 August 2014
Апелляционный орган ВТО подтвердил, что экспортные ограничения Китая на различные редкоземельные металлы, вольфрам и молибден не соответствуют правилам международной торговли. Доклад Апелляционного органа по этому спору был опубликован 7 августа 2014 года. Китай является лидером в добыче...
12 June 2014
China is said to be planning to get rid of strict export quotas and duties on certain rare earth elements, media reports indicated late last week. The rumoured move comes shortly after a March 2014 ruling by a WTO dispute panel, which deemed these measures to be in violation of global trade rules...
27 March 2014
A WTO dispute panel has found that China's restrictions on rare earths exports are in breach of global trade rules, in a highly-awaited ruling that focused heavily on how to balance natural resource policies with international trade obligations. The restrictions cited in the dispute involve a...
