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Poland says to cancel bilateral investment treaties
EU member Poland wants to cancel its bilateral investment treaties (BITS) on the basis of which foreign investors have lodged claims worth nearly a billion euros in international arbitration.
Canada and Hong Kong FIPA signed: A boost to the bilateral business relation
FIPA sets out respective rights and reciprocal binding obligations for Canada and Hong Kong, including non-discriminatory treatment, minimum standard of treatment and dispute resolutions rules.
Canada re-opens investment talks with India
Canada’s government has officially re-opened negotiations with India over a bilateral investment treaty the two sides nearly agreed upon almost a decade ago.
Japan and the Islamic Republic of Iran sign a bilateral investment agreement
The Agreement stipulates rules for investment protection and the development of an investment environment.
Conciliation and arbitration law: Times of change in investment protection in Bolivia
Bolivia’s experience has shown that attracting foreign investment does not by itself generate the expected development for host states and that, rather, it consists in a mechanism for financing and transferring resources from the South to the North.
Negotiations kick off on a binding treaty on business and human rights
The UNGPs set out a three-pillar framework: the state duty to protect human rights, the corporate responsibility to respect human rights, and access to remedy for victims of business-related abuses.
The whole BIT
The revised model text for bilateral investment treaties has addressed many concerns, but to avoid litigations, India must renegotiate existing treaties on the basis of the new norms.
US wants bilateral treaty modelled on India's FTAs with Japan & South Korea
A draft copy of the proposed India-US Bilateral Investment Treaty is not ambitious enough to attract American investors to India, feels Washington
M’sia-EU FTA likely to conclude soon
After a five-year process, negotiations for a Malaysia-Euro­pean Union Free Trade Agreement is expected to conclude.
RCEP to seek tariff pact by year-end
Officials from 16 countries will try to wrap up negotiations by the end of 2016 on integration in trade, services and investment under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).