Ecuador in the early 90’s, during the great neoliberal onslaught, had modified and established laws to ensure attractive profits to foreign companies. Additionally, Ecuador subscribed 21 BITs out of a total of 30 signed treaties between 1985 and 2003.
Las organizaciones que formamos parte de la Asamblea Argentina mejor sin TLC repudiamos la realización del “Foro de Inversión y Negocios de la Argentina” (o “foro mini-Davos”) convocado por el gobierno argentino con el fin de negociar la llegada de inversiones extranjeras.
India and United States will try to narrow differences on a proposed Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) next week, although an early breakthrough seems unlikely.
Reform of the international investment agreement regime has swept many countries, including Australia, South Africa, Indonesia, India and the EU, writes the Secretary-General of CUTS. What are the reasons for the growing scepticism? What lies ahead?