investment | BITs

L’Equateur met fin à des accords d’investissement avec 12 pays

L’Orient le Jour | 5-May-2017

L’Equateur a mis fin mercredi à des traités bilatéraux d’investissement avec douze pays, dont les Etats-Unis et la Chine, alors que le petit pays sud-américain a dû verser de lourdes amendes dans le cadre d’arbitrages internationaux.

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

Comisión de Auditoría emitirá informe mientras que Ecuador da pasos para retirarse de los Tratados de inversión

TNI | 4-May-2017

El informe se publicará cinco días después de que la Asamblea Nacional de Ecuador recomendó al gobierno que pusiera fin a 12 Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión.

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

Negotiations this week on EU-Myanmar Investment Protection Agreement

European Commission | 2-May-2017

Negotiators discussed the EU’s reformed approach to investment protection and investment dispute resolution.

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

FinMin to look into changes sought by Canada in draft bilateral treaty

The Hindu | 27-Apr-2017

Enormous political pressure to get the bilateral, economic treaties off the ground, say officials.

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

Arbitraje internacional: hacia procedimientos abreviados y de árbitro único

CIAR Global | 24-Apr-2017

El despacho White & Case LLP ha publicado un informe que revela que las instituciones arbitrales, respondiendo a la demanda de las compañías usuarias de arbitraje internacional, facilitan en su administración de arbitrajes el recurso a procedimientos abreviados y tribunales de un solo árbitro.

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

Dispute settlement becomes speculative financial asset

IPS | 20-Apr-2017

ISDS provisions of investment treaties, free trade and other agreements have increasingly provided an investment opportunity to make money by speculating on lawsuits.

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

Treating intellectual property as an investment, and subjecting it to treaty arbitration, can have undesirable impact

Economic Times | 19-Apr-2017

Free trade agreements tend to treat intellectual property as an investment made by investor corporations, allowing private investment disputes to be raised against the host country.

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

India’s bilateral investment pacts under cloud

The Hindu | 10-Apr-2017

Most have expired; partners unwilling to renew them under Finance Ministry’s model draft

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

Romania - the end of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties

Lexology | 24-Mar-2017

The law approving the termination of agreements on mutual promotion and protection of investments concluded by Romania with other Member States (Intra-EU BITs) was published in the Official Gazette.

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