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OPL245 scandal: Coalition urges World Bank group not to protect oil giants
Premium Times | 23-Nov-2020
The groups said they are concerned about the ICSID’s long-standing failure to promulgate clear rules for addressing cases where corruption has been alleged.
keywords: actions | resistance , energy , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , Nigeria
Pakistan seeks to reform int’l investment regime
The Express Tribune | 3-Nov-2020
Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the formation of a working group of experts for reforming Pakistan’s international investment regime.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Pakistan
Jersey’s BIT with the UAE and reflections on investment treaty practice in non-sovereign autonomous regions
Mondaq | 26-Oct-2020
Most recently, Jersey has joined Hong Kong as another non-sovereign entity that negotiates its own BITs. Jersey is set to sign its first BIT with the UAE later this year.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Jersey , UAE
Why India should challenge the Vodafone-India BIT award
Bar and Bench | 26-Oct-2020
The scope of consent to arbitration is an important issue that needs to be finally settled - not least because it could have multi-billion dollar implications for India in respect of other cases involving challenges to India’s taxation measures by foreign investors.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , telecommunications
Accord sur la promotion réciproque et la protection des investissements entre les gouvernements français et colombien
Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires Etrangères, France | 19-Oct-2020
L’Accord est entré en vigueur le 14 octobre 2020, intervenant dans une situation économique difficile
keywords: Colombia , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
French-Colombian investment treaty comes into force to boost virus-battered economies
UrduPoint | 19-Oct-2020
The agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments between France and Colombia has entered into force, at the time of the pandemic-related economic crisis.
keywords: Colombia , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Does investor protection increase foreign direct investment? A meta‐analysis
Journal of Economic Surveys | 9-Oct-2020
74 studies find robust evidence that effect of international investment agreements on foreign direct investment is so small as to be considered zero.
keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
New bilateral treaties to keep tax disputes out of arbitration
New Indian Express | 30-Sep-2020
India will try and keep its taxation laws out of the ambit of all Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and comprehensive economic pacts that it negotiates.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Austria: Thoughts on the legitimacy, sustainability and future of ISDS in times of crisis
Mondaq | 29-Sep-2020
By acknowledging the procedural and substantive weaknesses of ISDS, this article will touch upon proposals for reform.
keywords: covid , health , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform
Vodafone vs India: Who ‘committed’ the ‘original sin’?
The Quint | 29-Sep-2020
In the sorry saga of the Vodafone tax dispute, how did we get here? The original error lies with India’s tax laws.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Netherlands , telecommunications