ISDS Case Map
investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
While India and Indonesia may have withdrawn from existing BITs, this does not necessarily leave foreign investors without any protection.
Morocco and Nigeria signed a new investment treaty, which is a good illustration of the new “generation” of investment protection.
Just days before his term ends, Rafael Correa said he will take a stand against agreements signed before the country's Citizens Revolution.
Ecuador’s review of its investment agreements may be unique in terms of scope, depth and citizen participation, however it is a part of an international trend towards increased scepticism towards the international arbitration system.
Negotiators discussed the EU’s reformed approach to investment protection and investment dispute resolution.
Enormous political pressure to get the bilateral, economic treaties off the ground, say officials.
The United States has largely used BITs as a foreign policy tool to improve relationships with strategically important countries in the developing world.
ISDS provisions of investment treaties, free trade and other agreements have increasingly provided an investment opportunity to make money by speculating on lawsuits.
Trump wants to have something that can be delivered very quickly, whereas China hopes to push forward the BIT, which will set the framework in years to come.
