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Bechtel and GE File Arbitration over Dabhol Power Company
| 16-Sep-2004
Bechtel Enterprises Holdings, Inc. and GE Structured Finance (GESF) have filed an arbitration action against the Government of India to recover their investments in the Dabhol Power Company (DPC).
keywords: corporate interests , India , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Government in a tizzy as Dabhol defence cracks
| 16-Sep-2004
The newly-appointed solicitor firm in London, Evershed, has backed out of the Dabhol arbitration case at the last minute, leaving the Union government in a quandary.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
G.E., Bechtel file $1.2 b claim against Govt
| 16-Sep-2004
BECHTEL Enterprises Holdings Inc and GE Structured Finance on Monday said that they have filed an international arbitration claim against the Government to recover their investments in Dabhol Power Company (DPC).
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Govt Seeks 60 More Days To File Dabhol Defence
| 16-Sep-2004
The government of India (GoI) has sought a 60-day extension from the Arbitral Tribunal in London for filing a defence statement after GE blocked the appointment of Evershed as India’s new solicitor firm in the UK.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
US Council for International Business Model BIT letter
| 14-Sep-2004
MODEL BIT LETTER
keywords: corporate interests , corporate positions (texts of) , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Los BITs en la Argentina: un instrumento para legalizar la subordinación del país a los intereses de los grupos corporativos
FOCO | 9-Sep-2004
Informe realizado por equipo de FOCO
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
BITS in Argentina: instruments to legalize subordinating the country to the interests of corporate groups
FOCO | 9-Sep-2004
Report authored by the FOCO team
keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Tratados bilaterales de inversión: ¿Agentes de normas mundiales nuevas para la protección de los derechos de propiedad intelectual?
| 7-Sep-2004
Los países en desarrollo han participado en un gran número de tratados bilaterales de inversión (TBI), así como en acuerdos de libre comercio (ALC) que incluyen obligaciones explícitas de proteger los derechos de la propiedad intelectual por ser considerados como “inversiones”.
keywords: bilateralism & multilateralism , biodiversity | biopiracy , intellectual property , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , medicines
El ALCA está entre nosotros: Los tratados bilaterales de libre comercio
ARGENPRESS | 4-Sep-2004
Ponencia presentada en el III Congreso Internacional - Derechos y Garantías en el Siglo XXI. Asociación de Abogados de Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires, 8, 9 y 10 de setiembre de 2004. Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires.
keywords: CAFTA , CAN , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Latin America , Mercosur , sovereignty | democracy
UK supermarket chain abandons 12M pounds sterling claim against Guyana
| 25-Aug-2004
The Big Food Group which owns the Iceland chain of food stores, has abandoned its more than 12M pounds sterling claim against Guyana for the nationalisation of the sugar industry 27 years ago.
keywords: Guyana , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , UK