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11 States Agree on Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-pacific partnership has been resurrected with 11 Pacific nations reaching agreement in Japan to sign the revised deal, despite the United …
A Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
The ministers responsible for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) of 11 countries have announced that the core elements of a Comprehensive and …
Investment treaty protection: A Whistlestop Tour
In 2016, it is difficult for mining companies to ignore the importance of the protections that bilateral and multilateral investment treaties ("BITs") …
The evolution of the precautionary principle in Latin America
Recent events in Maricunga are a good example of the evolution of the precautionary principle in Chile.It will be it will be interesting to see what the …
Survey: Corporates taking action on human rights
Businesses across the globe are increasingly putting human rights on their agenda, with a joint survey between Herbert Smith Freehills and Legal Business …
Class action tourism on the rise
"Class Action Tourism" is a trend for litigation that we are seeing becomingly increasingly prevalent. It involves a claim by a number of individuals …
Paris Agreement
In brief 195 nations at the United Nations climate change conference in Paris (COP21) have reached an agreement on action to avoid and address climate …
TPP impact: Mining
As a sector heavily reliant on regional and international trade, the mining sector is anticipated to be substantially impacted by the Trans-Pacific …
Impact of TPP on the mining sector
As a sector heavily reliant on regional and international trade, the mining sector is anticipated to be substantially impacted by the Trans-Pacific …
Trans-Pacific Partnership full text
On 5 November 2015 the full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership – agreed on 5 October 2015 – was publicly released. The text includes 30 chapters, plus …
Modern Slavery poses new challenges for business
With effect from 29 October 2015, businesses with a commercial presence in the UK and a worldwide turnover in excess of £36 million now have to report …
TPP Agreement finally reached
Agreement has been reached on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It is a transformational agreement - Read our summary and link to the official details.The …
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