investment | BITs

investment | bilateral investment treaties

Goldman pushes China investment deal as Silicon Valley wary
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is exhorting the US to quickly complete a treaty with China to open the long-sheltered market of the world’s most populous nation to American banks and other firms.
S2B statement on EU-Myanmar investment treaty
The Seattle to Brussels Network call upon the European Commission not to push through with the negotiations for an investment treaty with Myanmar as it will not help but hurt democratic transition.
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, investor-state dispute settlement and China
Advocates of a transatlantic investment treaty should be careful not to overstate their case and play the “China-card” as a core argument for allowing US investors to side-track EU courts.
UN trade body meets to promote sustainability in international investment agreement regime
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is convening a meeting later this month in a bid to make sure that sustainability is embedded in the global country-level ‘International Investment Agreement’ (IIA) regime for cross-border investment.
Signing of the Japan-Ukraine Investment Agreement
Tokyo announces the signing of a bilateral investment treaty with Kiev, which it highlights as opening Ukraine farmland and mineral resources to Japanese investors.
What is brewing between India and the US on IPR?
Ssomething is brewing between the two countries on the issue of intellectual property rights.
Prof Stiglitz on TPP 2015
Professor Stiglitz addressing TPP negotiators in New York in January 2015.
Economic recolonialization? The India-US Bilateral Investment Treaty: Not an easy ride
It’s official: India and the US will resume negotiations on a high-standard bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Socialising losses, privatising gains: How Dutch investment treaties harm the public interest
This paper shows how (the threat of) lawsuits taken to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and other fora, using Dutch BITs, have effectively blocked policymaking in the public interest for development in host countries.
India, US to resume talks on investment treaty; hotline between top leaders soon
India and US on Sunday decided to resume talks on bilateral investment treaty during discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.