ISDS Case Map
UK
United Kingdom
Campaigners launched a new initiative to phase out ‘corporate courts’ which are now a “major impediment to climate action.”
In addition to new pacts with the UK and Canada, Taiwan is working on updating an agreement with Singapore and could renew another one with Indonesia.
The South American trading bloc includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia.
South Korea and the United Kingdom are set to begin talks next week to finalize an upgraded Free Trade Agreement (FTA), focusing on business-friendly rules of origin and digital trade standards.
Civil society coalition will hold press conference and side event at COP30 to urge governments to go ‘ISDS free’ to protect sovereign climate policy
An enhanced FTA with Switzerland will deliver long-term certainty for UK services firms, by locking in access to the Swiss market, guaranteeing the free flow of data and cementing business travel arrangements.
UK government reported to be demanding corporate courts as a red line in deal with six Gulf countries.
British government has been blocking Canadian meat exports since walking away from negotiating table.
In August, a Singapore-based investor filed a case against the UK government after the High Court in London quashed a proposal for a new coal mine on climate grounds.
It is estimated that the GCC-UK deal could increase bilateral trade by 16 percent, adding an extra $10.85 billion per year to trade.
