Clifford Chance

Australia says good-bye to neutral investor-state dispute resolution

24 June 2011

The Australian Government's recent announcement of its intention to no longer include neutral investor-state dispute resolution (ISDR) provisions in its trade/investment agreements is perhaps a curious stance for a country that has never been the subject of an ISDR claim. In this bulletin, we summarise the ISDR provisions in Australia's existing trade/investment agreements (which rights investors will still enjoy) and then consider what the Government's Announcement might mean for foreign investors investing into Australia and Australian investors who are intending to invest outside Australia.

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