investment | bilateral investment treaties
29-Jan-2015
Global Research
It’s official: India and the US will resume negotiations on a high-standard bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
29-Jan-2015
TNI
This paper shows how (the threat of) lawsuits taken to the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes and other fora, using Dutch BITs, have effectively blocked policymaking in the public interest for development in host countries.
25-Jan-2015
PTI
India and US on Sunday decided to resume talks on bilateral investment treaty during discussions between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama.
25-Jan-2015
Want China Times
China began a public consultation on the draft of a foreign investment law on Jan. 19, which marked a step toward reforming existing laws governing the area
23-Jan-2015
Amazon Watch
Oil giant wins "lifetime achievement" award for efforts to evade justice
21-Jan-2015
Beyond Brics
Instead of relying only on a treaty-based approach, India should initiate domestic policy reforms to attract and protect foreign investments, argues Kavaljit Singh
21-Jan-2015
The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
If TTIP is bad, the UK-Ethiopia BIT is worse, says Lorenzo Cotula of IIED
20-Jan-2015
TNI
This brief analyses and illustrates how international investment rules thwart the struggle for land and food sovereignty.
15-Jan-2015
India's free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments with 10-member ASEAN Grouping will come into force from July this year, paving the way for freer movement of professionals and further investment opportunities.
12-Jan-2015
Times of India
India and the US have reaffirmed commitment to the long-pending Bilateral Investment Treaty with PM Modi conveying to secretary of state John Kerry that New Delhi was prepared to hold early talks for the same.