investment | bilateral investment treaties
13-Feb-2009
IPS
As the global economy descends further into crisis, a new report finds that U.S. trade and investment agreements with 52 countries have removed one tool that has proved effective in past crises: capital controls.
10-Feb-2009
ITN
The majority of European Union Member States want to maintain the network of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) that exist between themselves, despite concerns by the European Commission that these treaties have been superseded by European Community law, according to a memo by the EU's Economic and Financial Committee (EFC).
4-Feb-2009
New Nation
Bangladesh will resume the pending talks with the United States on reaching a deal--Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA)--as new governments in both the countries have assumed offices.
31-Jan-2009
Georgian Business Week
An interview with Amy Denman, the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Georgia
29-Jan-2009
GenevaLunch
Switzerland is the first country whose investors will receive a “higher level” of protection in China, under the terms of a bilateral agreement signed during a working visit by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
23-Jan-2009
ITN
The United Kingdom has formally declined to release a notice of arbitration delivered by an Indian citizen under the UK-India bilateral investment treaty, explaining that it would likely “prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and an international organisation; UNCITRAL.”
23-Jan-2009
Economic Times
A Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) between India and Jordan has come into force on Thursday.
20-Jan-2009
Daily Times
Government of Pakistan has hired the services of a Swiss consultancy firm for analysing the Pak-US Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
6-Jan-2009
ITN
A tribunal has determined that it holds jurisdiction to hear a claim brought by Chevron Corporation against Ecuador for alleged violations of the Ecuador-United States bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
24-Dec-2008
ITN
Argentina has refused calls by Siemens to suspend proceedings at the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in which a committee is considering Argentina's request to revise a 2007 award, following the admission by the German firm that it had bribed Argentinean officials.