Sentence examples for dispute system from inspiring English sources
A small number of countries are now attempting to extricate themselves from the bonds of the investor-state dispute system.
In recent years, a number of ideas have been mooted to reform the international investor-state dispute system – to adopt a "loser pays" approach to costs, for example, or to increase transparency.
There are now thousands of international investment agreements and free-trade acts, signed by states, which give foreign companies access to the investor-state dispute system, if they decide to challenge government decisions.
Even states that first objected to the introduction of the investor-state dispute system at the 1964 World Bank meeting have since signed dozens of agreements expanding its reach.
Canada, however, has long maintained that a series of rulings against the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement's dispute system take precedence over those of the W.T.O.
From the beginning, part of the justification for the international investor-state dispute system has been to create a "neutral forum" for conflicts to be resolved, with investors giving up the right to seek diplomatic support from their home countries when they file cases like this.
More generally, with regard to whether state to state international dispute systems mean stronger government, the issue is more complex that it appears at first glance.
The flood of settlers and speculators already spilling westward meant that there was no time to work out the new and still disputed system.
For example: Should we fix the NAFTA-TPP dispute settlement system by making global institutions that represent civil society (economic integration), or abandon the dispute settlement system, and use our domestic legal systems (trade)?
In its dispute settlement system, a country that imposes trade barriers that break the organization's rules can be punished with big tariffs on its own exports.
The exchange must have a truly objective on-floor dispute resolution system".
