investment | BITs

India trade talks heating up, but ex-envoy cautions: ‘we’ve been to the altar before’

The Hill Times | 12-Oct-2016

The Liberals’ relative flexibility on investor-state dispute systems and the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, and an expected visit to India by the PM, may help to move talks along.

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

Frente a acuerdos bilaterales de protección a la inversión extranjera: La fragilidad del margen de maniobra del Estado

ALAI | 7-Oct-2016

Ante la indiscutible proliferación de acuerdos de carácter multilateral y bilateral destinados a proteger las operaciones de la inversión extranjera, muchas veces a contracorriente de los intereses de los gobiernos receptores de capital y de las comunidades, resulta imprescindible analizar el contenido e implicaciones desde el enfoque de la sociedad civil.

keywords: ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS

Romania to terminate its intra-EU Bilateral Investment Treaties

Lexology | 3-Oct-2016

The President of Romania agreed to submit to the Romanian Parliament draft legislation approving termination of 22 bilateral investment treaties that Romania concluded with other EU Member States.

keywords: EU , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Romania

Commission boosts infringement procedures against five countries

Politico | 30-Sep-2016

The European Commission today ramped up infringement procedures against Austria, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden to push them toward scraping their bilateral investment treaties with other EU nations.

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

Morocco ratifies 3 bilateral investment treaties

I-ARB Africa | 29-Sep-2016

This surge in the ratification of “Intra-African” BITs is part of the Moroccan “South-South Partnership” strategy

keywords: BITs (texts of) , Burkina Faso , Guinea-Bissau , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Morocco , Senegal

Mitigating political risk: Treaty protections versus political risk insurance

Lexicology | 28-Sep-2016

A discussion of some general distinctions between invesment treaty protections and political risk insurance.

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

India to operationalize BIPA with Canada

Live Mint | 28-Sep-2016

On Canada’s insistance, India is expected to sign a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Canada based on an old text, not its new model BIT. The old text contains contentious provisions such as the investor-state dispute settlement mechanism.

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

Deconstructing India’s model Bilateral Investment Treaty

The Wire | 19-Sep-2016

India was one of the most sued countries in 2015. Will the country’s new model bilateral investment treaty attract and safeguard foreign investment more effectively?

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

“Argentina no se vende”, la protesta contra el Mini Davos en Buenos Aires

Notas | 16-Sep-2016

Un grupo de manifestantes convocados por la Asamblea “Argentina mejor sin TLC” protestó frente al “Foro de Inversión y Negocios de la Argentina”, convocado por el gobierno para atraer inversiones de grandes compañías extranjeras.

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