investment | BITs

India inks first investment treaty with Brazil post-approval of new templates in 2015

Deccan Herald | 27-Jan-2020

India inked an Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty with Brazil – the first one after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government in December 2015 approved a new template for such bilateral pacts.

keywords: Brazil , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

México firma con Hong Kong acuerdo de protección de inversiones

El Universal | 24-Jan-2020

El Acuerdo para la Promoción y Protección Recíproca de las Inversiones permite la transferencia libre de capitales y acceso al arbitraje internacional para la solución de controversias.

keywords: Hong Kong , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Mexico

View: It’s time for govt to rethink the investor-State dispute regime

The Economic Times | 20-Jan-2020

India has a faced a number of claims from foreign investors over the years under the BIT regime. It is presently engaged in over 20 investor-State disputes, with a number of them revolving around retrospective tax claims.

keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

S. Korean investment agreements allow paper companies to request international arbitration

Hankyoreh | 14-Jan-2020

South Korea has concluded no fewer than 99 investment agreements that allows paper companies to take advantage of investor-state dispute system.

keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Korea , RCEP

The EU plurilateral draft termination agreement for all intra-EU BITs: An end of the post-Achmea saga and the beginning of a new one

Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020

This termination agreement marks the culmination of the European Commission’s and several Member States’ efforts to abolish intra-EU investment arbitration proceedings from the European legal order.

keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks

Intra-EU investment reform: What options for the Energy Charter Treaty?

Kluwer Arbitration Blog | 8-Jan-2020

The leaked treaty for the termination of intra-EU BITs can be seen as the culmination of an ongoing effort by the EU Commission to discourage investment arbitration between Member States, reflecting a tension between public international law and EU law.

keywords: ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)

IAReporter | 8-Jan-2020

As leaked by IAReporter

keywords: BITs (texts of) , ECT , EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , leaks

China’s new policy on foreign investment and the security of intellectual property

Biopharmapress | 7-Jan-2020

Proper mandatory licenses will be exempt from claims for expropriation under the China BIT model.

keywords: China , intellectual property , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Experts caution Uganda on investment treaties

Daily Monitor | 5-Dec-2019

Most Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are not just used by investors to inform their investment decisions, but are increasingly becoming tools used to sue States in a foreign or international court.

keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Uganda