ISDS Case Map
investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on facilitating investment. This is the draft consolidated text as of 4 February 2021.
The CAI will be judged a few years from now by its implementation and the concrete steps China takes to fulfill its promises. If European companies do not perceive any improvement, and China makes no progress on labour standards, the CAI might come to be viewed as another empty gesture.
Sources said that the government will have its own template for a BIT, which will replace the existing treaties with different countries.
The new EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment will eventually be judged by its implementation and the concrete steps China takes to fulfill its promises. If European firms do not perceive any improvement, and China makes no progress on labor standards, the pact might come to represent an empty gesture.
The CAI will not transform China into an open investment regime nor will it provide new market access opportunities for most European businesses.
The EU will be able to strike an investment deal with India, but a full-blown free trade agreement will be a much harder sell, said Portugal’s foreign minister.
Cambodia and India have agreed to speed up negotiations on a number of key documents that will lead to the signing of two significant accords.
As its economy maintains recovery momentum, the country aims to attract foreign investors this year by encouraging investment in more industries, shortening negative lists for foreign investment, and further expanding the free-trade network.
The open statement notes that the agreement appears not to take into account the steep deterioration of rights and freedoms in the mainland.
The EU-China agreement-in-principle on investment includes language that would aim to prevent forced technology transfers, and describes a “positive list” approach for market access.
