investment | BITs
The Economic Times | 30-May-2016
India has written to 47 countries to nullify the existing bilateral investment agreements and ink fresh treaties that will make it mandatory for foreign investors to exhaust local judicial remedies before seeking arbitration.
IISD | 29-May-2016
Results from an IISD expert meeting held in Montreux, Switzerland, May 23–24, 2016.
TNI | 24-May-2016
The Philippines has a web of investment treaties which severely constrain the government’s ability to regulate or close polluting mines, a legal straitjacket that will become even tighter if the EU–Philippines Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) proceed
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Lexology | 12-May-2016
In the midst of various events, which sent shockwaves through the South African economy, the Protection of Investment Act was enacted on 15 December 2015.
KEI | 22-Apr-2016
As leaked by KEI
KEI | 22-Apr-2016
Overall, the investment chapter is designed to give private parties the right to extract costly damages from governments that implement policies that harm profits.
ASEAN Briefing | 1-Apr-2016
In contrast to ASEAN-based investors that are protected under AICA, the level of protection for foreign investors largely depends on bilateral investment treaties.
Economy Watch | 29-Mar-2016
Chinese officials announced that a US-China bilateral investment treaty (BIT) is close to being signed.
The Conversation | 25-Mar-2016
Bilateral investment treaties have been a source of political controversy in recent years. This is clear from the alarming increase in the number of disputes between investors and governments.
Both Ends | 22-Mar-2016
On the need to create sound policy frameworks for investment.
