investment | BITs
EurActiv | 11-Jul-2017
The European Union could drop investment from major free trade deals in an effort to ease ratification, Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen.
International Economic Law and Policy Blog | 10-Jul-2017
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model.
Relaciones Internacionales | 5-Jul-2017
El artículo estudia las cláusulas del Acuerdo de Cooperación y Facilitación de las Inversiones (ACFI) entre Brasil y México en 2015. Se compara con las cláusulas estándar de los Tratados Bilaterales de Inversión (TBI) firmados en los años noventa.
The New Times | 5-Jul-2017
If Rwanda clings to BIT approach, its scope should be limited. Alternatively, it can embark on a more attractive investment climate in lieu of BITs.
The Hindu | 29-Jun-2017
Talks deadlocked on investor dispute settlement.
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Le Brésil n’a jamais approuvé un traité bilatéral d’investissement, ni signé la Convention du CIRDI. Malgré cela le pays a continué de recevoir d’importants flux d’investissement étranger direct.
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Brazil has never approved any BITs nor did it sign the ICSID Convention but it continued to receive significant amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), consolidating its position as one of the world’s top recipients of FDI
IISD | 28-Jun-2017
Le Secrétariat de la Charte de l’Énergie est en « mode expansion », et souhaite obtenir l’accès aux ressources énergétiques d’Afrique et d’Asie pour ces membres actuels – principalement des pays développés.
IISD | 23-Jun-2017
The Energy Charter Secretariat is in expansion mode, wanting to gain access to energy resources in Africa and Asia for its current—mostly developed country—members, and extending a far-reaching (and outdated) investment protection system to investments in resource-rich countries.
TNI | 23-Jun-2017
A democratic decision to regulate a privatised essential service or to return it to public control could potentially trigger international investment arbitration if a country is bound by an international investment treaty.
