investment | BITs

Arrêtez le règlement injuste du différend entre investisseurs et Etats africains

| 29-Oct-2019

Déclaration de la société civile et syndicats de travailleurs.

keywords: actions | resistance , Africa , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

EU Member States agree on a plurilateral treaty to terminate bilateral investment treaties

European Commission | 28-Oct-2019

EU Member States committed to terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties in a coordinated manner by means of a plurilateral treaty.

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

Bad bilateral trade deals haunting Africa

The East African | 28-Oct-2019

The growing number of legal suits that multinational companies are bringing against Tanzania and other African countries is a major concern.

keywords: Africa , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Tanzania

Tribunales con alfombra roja

Red Carpet Courts | 23-Oct-2019

10 historias de cómo los ricos y poderosos secuestraron la justicia.

keywords: actions | resistance , from the movements , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Otra vez los TBI: Ecuador pierde millonario arbitraje con petrolera

América Latina Mejor Sin TLC | 30-Sep-2019

La petrolera Perenco Ecuador Limited recibirá 471,8 millones de dólares del Estado ecuatoriano en concepto de indemnización, amparada por el Tratado Bilateral de Inversiones suscrito con Francia. La multinacional, por su parte, solo deberá abonar 60 millones en concepto de daños ambientales y costas procesales.

keywords: Ecuador , France , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Singapore firms in Myanmar to get better protection under new bilateral treaty

The Straits Times | 25-Sep-2019

The Bilateral Investment Treaty on the Promotion and Protection of Investments between Singapore and Myanmar aims to promote greater investment flows between the two countries.

keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Myanmar , Singapore

Beyond credible commitments: (investment) treaties as focal points

Lauge Poulsen | 23-Sep-2019

Western architects of the investment regime expected the treaties to play a standard-setting role to be used in informal bargaining with host states.

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

Arbitraje de Inversión

Contra Réplica | 13-Sep-2019

Por Daniela Gómez Altamirano | 11-9-19 Arbitraje de Inversión Países desarrollados como en desarrollo se han dado cuenta de que la inversión extranjera directa puede ser fundamental para fomentar el aumento de la productividad, apoyar la diversificación de las exportaciones y facilitar la transferencia de tecnología. Sin embargo, dichos beneficios no deben considerarse automáticos o inherentes a la inversión. Una política de inversión coherente y bien concebida es esencial para que los (...)

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

Luxembourg leads EU push to climate-proof Energy Charter Treaty

Euractiv | 4-Sep-2019

Critics say the Energy Charter provides excessive legal protection for oil and gas companies, which can claim uncapped reparations from governments who frustrate investments in fossil fuel projects.

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