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First trade & investment mission to the USA completes successfully
A 14-member delegation from the Bahrain American Chamber of Commerce has returned after a successful trade mission to the US.
Korean mid-sized cos to drop anchor here
After the big daddies, it appears to be the turn of mid-size Korean companies to hot foot it to India.
FTA deal 'will help Egyptian investors'
Deputy Chief Executive of the Economic Development Board (EDB) Dr Zakaria Hijris has urged the Egyptian private sector to benefit from the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Bahrain and the US.
Investment opportunities will continue to increase in the UAE
Investment opportunities will continue to increase in the UAE, according to the principal of one private Equity fund, who pointed to anticipated changes in the federal Company Law as further indication of the country's liberal economy.
Reciprocal investment protection
The Heads of State and/or Government of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), during the Panama Summit held in July of this year, recognised in its Declaration, “the importance of having a Framework Agreement for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments among ACS members, an instrument that will help to promote, protect and confer legal certainty on investments ...”
Bilateral investment treaties dangerous traps: experts
Experts have cautioned that bilateral investment treaties with the rich countries will ultimately lead the developing and least developed countries towards dangerous traps at the cost of their national interests.
Ensuring rights of distributors
Exclusive rights to distribute particular products in Viet Nam will be addressed in a new decree being drafted by the Ministry of Trade. The draft Decree on Trading Enterprises promises to be the first of several regulations addressing the concerns of foreign-invested enterprises seeking guarantee of distribution rights in Viet Nam.
Pakistan, US agree to bilateral investment agreement
Pakistan and United States' have agreed over a mutual investment agreement that will smoothen the way to talks for a Free Trade Agreement between the two countries.
S'pore benefits to all under new Bipa
Pre-establishment national treatment to foreign investors in India, now a prerogative of Singapore-based entities, will soon be a generic benefit India would offer all eligible investors under the bilateral investment protection agreements (Bipas).
US, Uruguay to sign amended Bilateral Investment Treaty
The US and Uruguay will sign an amended bilateral investment treaty later Friday, the South American country's foreign minister said.