Africa: Civil Society Seeks Reforms to Stem Trade Suits Losses

Africa is getting the short end of the stick when it comes to bilateral investment treaties, losing millions of dollars from legal suits by multinationals.

Civil society groups under the banner of the Southern and Eastern Africa Trade Information and Negotiations Institute (Seatini) are now calling on governments to reform their investor state dispute settlement because "it is being unfairly used by investors to sue states for millions of dollars."

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