India
Business Standard | 10-Sep-2018
In a bid to fast-track the deal, most nations have agreed to ease the investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses.
Financial Express | 5-Sep-2018
New Delhi won’t not take additional commitment on intellectual property rights beyond the TRIPS agreement it has already accepted at the WTO; investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanism only for limited sectors.
Brookings Institution | 1-Aug-2018
India’s Model BIT is "pro-state with limited rights to foreign investors" according to the US thinktank Brookings
Business Standard | 23-May-2018
India may not accept international arbitration orders annulling tax demands on British firms Vodafone Plc and Cairn Energy.
Indian Express | 21-May-2018
The tribunal, headed by Sir Franklin Berman, will hear the government’s objection to tax matters being covered under the Netherlands-India Bilateral Investment Treaty.
The Wire | 9-May-2018
In the order, Justice Manmohan, however, noted that the Centre could approach the UK arbitration tribunal under the BIPA for its grievances.
Times of India | 22-Mar-2018
A week after Japanese automaker Nissan hinted at the scope of an amicable solution, the Tamil Nadu government insisted that the Madras high court hear its plea to stall the international arbitration initiated by company.
Indian Express | 19-Mar-2018
The Madras High Court was told that the Tamil Nadu government was holding “talks” with Japanese automaker Nissan, predictably for an amicable settlement.
Live Mint | 14-Mar-2018
Under international arbitration proceedings the final hearing of Cairn’s claim under the UK-India Bilateral Investment Treaty is scheduled for August 2018 in The Hague.
Council of Canadians | 21-Feb-2018
Negotiations on a Canada-India FIPPA were launched in September 2004 and concluded in 2007, but the deal was never signed.
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The East African | 18-Sep-2018
Tanzania has moved to ensure that investor disputes are resolved locally after Attorney General Adelardus Kilangi pushed through parliament the Public Private Partnership (Amendment) Bill, 2018.
Observatoire des Multinationales | 17-Sep-2018
Les arbitres de la Cour permanente d’arbitrage ont sommé l’Équateur de récuser son propre système judiciaire.
El Tiempo | 14-Sep-2018
La Procuraduría General del Estado anunció las acciones legales que seguirá para intentar anular el laudo arbitral en contra del Ecuador y a favor de la petrolera estadounidense Chevron.
EJIL: Talk! | 14-Sep-2018
The task no longer lies with interpreting investment treaties alone and trying to reform investment arbitration in general – but designing an entirely cohesive system for international environmental justice that is open to the actual victims of environmental disasters and not just the States that often fail to genuinely represent them.
BNE Intellinews | 14-Sep-2018
The move followed a ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration that the Russian government must compensate almost two dozen Ukrainian companies for their losses incurred from the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Public Citizen | 13-Sep-2018
In letter to US Trade Representative, lawmakers say ISDS undermines state sovereignty and lawmaking.