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Bettina Müller Associate Researcher

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Bettina Müller

Bettina Müller is an associate researcher with the Transnational Institute (TNI) and specialises on the trade and investment regime in Latin America and the Carribbean. Bettina is a political sciences graduate and holds a master's degree in international relations and political sciences at Sciences Po Paris and Freie Universität Berlin. She is currently living in Berli, where she works at the NGO PowerShift and is involved in the EU-wide campaign "Rights for People, Rules for Corporations - Stop ISDS".

Latest work

  • The 4-letter catastrophe that is haunting Latin America Corporate Colonialism through ISDS

    Investment Protection

    Countries not abiding by corporate rules? No problem, foreign investors have got a powerful tool at hand to get it their way: Investor-State Dispute Settlement, commonly known as ISDS, is a mechanism inscribed in many Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). If governments decide to change regulations to better protect the environment or our climate, if they cancel mining concession due to social unrest, next thing you know, your country is being served with a corporate claim often worth hundreds of millions of dollars. ISDS is shrinking policy space all around the world, but there is one region particularly affected: Latin America and the Caribbean.

    Blog by
    Bettina Müller

  • ISDS en números Impactos de las demandas de arbitraje de inversores contra estados de América Latina y el Caribe

    Protección de inversiones
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    América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) es actualmente la segunda región del mundo con más demandas en virtud de tratados de protección de inversiones. Solo en 2023, se presentaron 28 disputas entre inversionistas y Estados (ISDS) contra países de ALC, y los inversionistas ganaron el 60% de los casos resueltos. Este informe revela los altos costos sociales y financieros de estas disputas, que ponen en entredicho las promesas de los tratados de inversión extranjera.

    Publication by
    • Bettina Müller
    • Luciana Ghiotto

  • ISDS in numbers Impacts of investment arbitration against Latin America and The Caribbean

    Investment Protection
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    Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is now the second most sued region in the world under investment protection treaties. In 2023 alone, 28 investor-state disputes (ISDS) were filed against LAC countries, with investors winning 60% of resolved cases. This report reveals the high social and financial costs of these disputes, challenging the promises of foreign investment treaties.

    Publication by
    • Bettina Müller
    • Luciana Ghiotto
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Investment Protection