ISDS Case Map
India
The ministers welcomed the launch of the first round of negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty and agreed to expedite its conclusion to enhance trade and investment.
Panthera Resources PLC has been highlighted by VSA Capital as one of a growing number of small caps offering potentially significant upside via international litigation.
Norway said that it plans to ratify the India-EFTA free trade agreement next year, the commerce and industry ministry said.
Indian officials fear China may seek to dump its goods on India through alternative routes – such as Oman – in response to stiff tariffs being imiposed by the EU and US.
India in 2019 decided not to join the mega free trade agreement RCEP as the pact was not addressing its concerns, and, since then, there has been no change in that position, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said.
The proposed India-EU Free Trade Agreement is likely to focus on investment liberalisation, while keeping investment protection and arbitration out of the pact, to be negotiated separately in a bilateral investment treaty.
The Swiss Senate is in favour of a free trade agreement between the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and India. It was the first Swiss parliamentary chamber to approve the deal.
Several important issues pertaining to bilateral trade emerged between India and the European Union (EU) in the 10th round of negotiations. Both India and EU are learnt to have expressed reluctance to open up their respective dairy and agricultural sectors for foreign trade owing to local sensitivities.
Saudi Arabia seeks a Bilateral Investment Treaty with India before advancing a Free Trade Agreement. However, differing stances may delay FTA negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Saudi Arabia seeks a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with India before advancing a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). However, differing stances may delay FTA negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
