by ringit_designer | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog
By Tess Newton Cain, Matthew Dornan (Devpolicy) Last week the 48th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting was held in Apia, Samoa. The meeting’s theme, the ‘Blue Pacific’, was unsurprising given this year’s focus on oceans. But it was interesting nonetheless, given the...
by ringit_designer | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
Introduction After months of negotiations ten countries have finally signed the PACER Plus agreement, creating a new era of economic cooperation in the South Pacific. On 14 June 2017 in Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga Australia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New...
by ringit_designer | Jun 27, 2017 | Blog
What is ISDS (investor-state dispute settlement)? Key Points ISDS is a mechanism that permits investors to bring international arbitration claims against governments for breaches of international investment rules. Investors that have ISDS rights do not need to rely on...
by ringit_designer | May 5, 2017 | Blog
Key Points The Vanuatu government is looking at ways to introduce income tax to the island nation. It is unclear how an income tax regime will be formulated, however, the prospect has been extremely polarising. Tax reform in Vanuatu Vanuatu has no form of...
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