investment | BITs

Canada and Hong Kong FIPA signed: A boost to the bilateral business relation

Lexology | 24-Feb-2016

FIPA sets out respective rights and reciprocal binding obligations for Canada and Hong Kong, including non-discriminatory treatment, minimum standard of treatment and dispute resolutions rules.

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

Canada re-opens investment talks with India

Embassy | 17-Feb-2016

Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.

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

Japan and the Islamic Republic of Iran sign a bilateral investment agreement

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry | 16-Feb-2016

The Agreement stipulates rules for investment protection and the development of an investment environment.

keywords: investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Iran , Japan , natural resources

Conciliation and arbitration law: Times of change in investment protection in Bolivia

IISD | 15-Feb-2016

Bolivia’s experience has shown that attracting foreign investment does not by itself generate the expected development for host states and that, rather, it consists in a mechanism for financing and transferring resources from the South to the North.

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

Negotiations kick off on a binding treaty on business and human rights

IISD | 15-Feb-2016

The UNGPs set out a three-pillar framework: the state duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and access to remedy for victims of business-related abuses.

keywords: human rights , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform

The whole BIT

Business Today | 11-Feb-2016

The revised model text for bilateral investment treaties has addressed many concerns, but to avoid litigations, India must renegotiate existing treaties on the basis of the new norms.

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

More than 500 civil society organisations from Myanmar express their concerns about the Investment Protection Agreement with the EU

TNI | 14-Jan-2016

Letter from civil society organizations in Myanmar to EC Commissioner Malmström.

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

Karuturi challenges Ethiopia decision to cancel farm project

Bloomberg | 11-Jan-2016

Karuturi Global Ltd., one of the largest investors in Ethiopia’s farm industry, is challenging the termination of its project, claiming the government broke the terms of its agreement with the company.

keywords: agriculture | farmers | food , Ethiopia , India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

ANALYSIS: In final version of its new model investment treaty, India dials back ambition of earlier proposals – but still favors some big changes

IA Reporter | 6-Jan-2016

Following the release in April of 2015 of a draft model investment treaty, the government of India unveiled a final version of its proposed negotiating text.

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