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Switzerland and KSA sign new Bilateral Investment Treaty
Switzerland and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) signed a new Bilateral Investment Treaty. The KSA is one of the most important destinations for Swiss foreign investment in in the Middle East.
What’s at stake in calls for revamping India’s BIT framework
Instead of relying on an investment treaty-based approach and weakening the 2015 Model BIT framework, India should initiate domestic policy reforms such as strengthening the rule of law.
The West only discovers property rights when the landowners are white
Zimbabwe will return 67 farms, which were seized during the country’s land reform programme and are protected under investment agreements, to European nationals from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Shell and the creation of international investment law, 1957–1968
This article explores the role that Shell – in particular, through its legal department – played in shaping international investment law from 1957 to 1968.
Russian government submits investment promotion agreement with Congo to State Duma for ratification
The Russian government has submitted to the State Duma a bill on the ratification of an intergovernmental agreement on the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments with the Republic of the Congo.
EU hints at investment agreement with India at European Round Table for Industry
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, on Sunday hinted at an investment agreement with India at a joint press meet at the European Round Table for Industry in Sweden's Gothenburg
Kazakhstan, Türkiye prepare agreement on mutual investment protection
Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has drafted a government resolution on the signing of an agreement between Kazakhstan and Türkiye on the mutual promotion and protection of investments.
Kazakhstan and China agreed on mutual protection of investments
The Kazakh Senate ratified a Treaty between the Governments of Kazakhstan and China on the Encouragement and Mutual Protection of Investments, Qazinform News Agency reports.
Geopolitics, the UK and investor-state arbitration: a ‘new normal’ in an uncertain world?
Governments need to be able to regulate to meet their domestic policy goals or internationally recognised sustainable development goals. That necessarily means that sometimes hard decisions will need to be taken which will affect foreign investments on their soil.
EU pushes for investment pacts in landmark India free trade deal
The EU's Ambassador to India, Herve Delphin, has called for an investment liberalisation chapter in the new EU-India FTA and the finalisation of a separate investment protection pact, terming them "unfinished business" for the landmark deal.