investment | bilateral investment treaties
17-Oct-2013
Dow Jones Newswires
Ecuador's decision to end bilateral investment treaties with all countries and take disputes to a new regional arbitration body has raised concerns among Chinese investors.
16-Oct-2013
Huffington Post
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments' attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that's what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment.
11-Oct-2013
Computerworld
Glyn Moody addresses the EU's latest document "Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement"
11-Oct-2013
USCIB
United States Council for International Business (USCIB) argues for a strong investment chapter in the EU-US FTA (TTIP)
9-Oct-2013
Dow Jones
Ecuador has established a special commission to audit bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, signed with different countries and by several governments, the country's Foreign Minister said.
24-Sep-2013
Rebelión
Why do we continue to be bound to this investment protection regime when it is not a determinant of FDI and makes it harder for us to retain our resources?
6-Sep-2013
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
El contexto actual, pasados ocho años de gobierno del Frente Amplio en Uruguay, es particularmente propicio para reflexionar acerca de las diversas condicionantes para la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo económico, productivo y social.
2-Sep-2013
The Australian
Business has warned that Kevin Rudd's populist rhetoric on foreign ownership could undermine Australia's ability to secure free-trade agreements with key Asian trading partners and risks foreign investment that is crucial as the economy slows.
31-Aug-2013
Government funding for the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, violated free trade laws, a US congressman says.