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Investment protection
Goodbye arbitration: unilateral mechanism under pressure
30.09.2025, Trade and investments
Countries wishing to regulate in the public interest must sometimes confront lawsuits from foreign investors protected by agreements from another era. But opposition to this is growing.
Isolda Agazzi
Expert on trade and investment policy / Media relations French-speaking part of Switzerland
Despite the climate crisis, companies are sueing for their fossil fuel investments: smoke rises from the Trianel coal-fired power station in the Ruhr region. © Keystone / Westend61 / Wilfried Wirth