South-South BITs

Bilateral investment treaties signed between the governments of two "developing" countries represent the largest portion of BITs signed in recent years. Often, they do not go as far as North-South BITs in terms of setting new policy standards and privileges for transnational corporations. However, they can be used by major companies to set up operations in one of the parties and conduct business in the other under favourable terms.

UNCTAD maintains the most comprehensive database of South-South BITs available online.

last update: May 2012


Ministry of External Affairs, Goverrnment of India | 3-Jan-2019
Ministry of Finance, Government of India | 5-Jan-2016
As published by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India