investment | bilateral investment treaties
7-Aug-2009
PTI News
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.
3-Aug-2009
Economic Times
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.
24-Jul-2009
Business Daily
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
16-Jul-2009
ITN
A position paper published by the Government of South Africa takes a critical posture towards the country’s bilateral investment treaties (BITs).
30-Jun-2009
Clayton Utz
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).
25-Jun-2009
Law.com
It's time for the US Department of State to pressure Argentina to comply with its treaty obligations, some lawyers suggest.
24-Jun-2009
Stikeman Eliott LLP
In today's risk averse environment investment protection agreements are also increasingly attractive to protect pension and mutual fund investments.
22-Jun-2009
Rights & Democracy
Investment treaties and free trade agreements offer few instructions as to how such agreements should be reconciled with human rights obligations of the state.
11-Jun-2009
Reuters
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
10-Jun-2009
ITN
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.