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investment | bilateral investment treaties

US launches investment treaty with Mauritius
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that the US and Mauritius will begin negotiations for a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to strengthen investor protections and encourage the continuation of market-oriented economic reforms in the African nation.
US team to push for easy investment laws
A team from Washington will visit New Delhi next week to discuss liberalisation of investment laws that had taken a back seat due to elections in both the countries.
Uganda raises concerns on asset protection plan
Uganda on Thursday adopted a cautious stand as negotiations on a regional common market entered a sensitive phase in which experts sought to find the most appropriate deals on protection of foreign investments
South African trade department critical of approach taken to BIT-making
A position paper published by the Government of South Africa takes a critical posture towards the country’s bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
When managed investment funds are not "investors" for the purpose of seeking protection under BITs
Some managed investment funds may not be able to seek protection under bilateral investment treaties when investing abroad, according to a recent award rendered in an investment treaty arbitration between a various Spanish investment funds and the Russian Federation (Renta 4 S.V.S.A v Russian Federation).
Argentine crisis arbitration awards pile up, but investors still wait for a payout
It's time for the US Department of State to pressure Argentina to comply with its treaty obligations, some lawyers suggest.
Protecting foreign investment from political risk
In today's risk averse environment investment protection agreements are also increasingly attractive to protect pension and mutual fund investments.
Human rights and BITs: Mapping the role of human rights law within investor-state arbitration
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
Goldcorp loses bid for $50 mln NAFTA compensation
A unit of Goldcorp has lost a bid to get $50 million in compensation after a US trade tribunal rejected claims the gold miner's operations were hampered by environmental regulations
NGOs claim the Philippine-Japan free trade agreement is unconstitutional
A petition lodged with the Philippine Supreme Court by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) argues that the investment chapter of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) violates the Philippine constitution.