investment | BITs

investment | bilateral investment treaties

Inversiones, transnacionales y desarrollo: el caso de Uruguay
El contexto actual, pasados ocho años de gobierno del Frente Amplio en Uruguay, es particularmente propicio para reflexionar acerca de las diversas condicionantes para la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo económico, productivo y social.
Kevin Rudd 'risks foreign investment'
Business has warned that Kevin Rudd's populist rhetoric on foreign ownership could undermine Australia's ability to secure free-trade agreements with key Asian trading partners and risks foreign investment that is crucial as the economy slows.
Port Hawkesbury Paper deal violates free trade: US congressman
Government funding for the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, violated free trade laws, a US congressman says.
Move to ease German, EU doubts over investor risk in SA
SOUTH Africa is scrambling to convince Germany and its other European trade partners that its unilateral scrapping of bilateral investment treaties is not a risk to their investments in South Africa.
Pakistan: Bilateral investment treaty model
Keen to attract direct foreign capital, the government of Pakistan has evolved a ‘model template’ that would serve as the basis for negotiations for future bilateral investment treaties.
South Africa terminates its bilateral investment treaty with Spain
This is the second BIT terminated as part of South Africa’s planned review of its investment treaties
Advancing a new regulatory regime for TNCs and Investment: Towards a people’s international treaty
Invitation to a round table at the European Paliament in Brussels on 5 September to deepen the debate on corporate Impunity, and introduce key elements in emerging alternatives to reclaim the public Interest and end TNC impunity
BIT: India, US completes 3 rounds of negotiations
India and the US have completed three rounds of negotiations for the proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a pact which would help in enhancing economic ties between the countries.
FTAs actually restrict free trade
We are told that when trade is free, there will be more trade and nations will prosper. To achieve even freer trade the nations of the world must enter into free trade agreements.
Why (not) so serious?: US keen to revive Bilateral Investment Treaty
The United States has asked Pakistan to take the Bilateral Investment Treaty ‘seriously’, as Islamabad plans to bring all domestic stakeholders on board before entering negotiations.