ISDS Case Map
investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
The European Union (EU) continues to come under fire for employing 'under-handed' tactics to get African countries, including Swaziland, to conclude a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (EPA) with it.
The government of Ecuador recently announced plans to withdraw from at least nine bilateral investment treaties, a move that follows the country's partial withdrawal last October from the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and comes amid growing discontent among some South American governments with the system for international investment protection. What's wrong with the system?
Broad outlines of an investment promotion and protection agreement among Saarc countries are expected to be discussed at a meeting of South Asian commerce ministers this week.
The US-India Private Sector Advisory Group has asked the two governments to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty by end of 2008 while continuing to promote sectoral openings.
The United States and India are discussing whether to negotiate a bilateral investment agreement as part of ongoing efforts to expand and deepen economic ties, a US official said on Friday.
The presidents of the United States and Rwanda signed a trade agreement Tuesday, saying the pact urges US companies to consider Rwanda a good investment.
L'objectif général du forum serait d'accroître le flux des investissements européens dans les pays de l'Espace Agadir
Developing a policy response to the concerns surrounding sovereign wealth funds, addressing the national security aspect of foreign investment, and negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BITs) are 'at the forefront of an open investment campaign that must be waged to hold the forces of protectionism at bay,' a US Treasury Department official said today.
India and the US have begun discussions this week on an agreement to promote bilateral investment. The negotiations are expected to be protracted as the US agenda is highly ambitious.
Foreign companies operating in South Africa that have lost production and ultimately profit as a result of the power supply crisis might be able to sue the government under bilateral investment treaties
