investment | bilateral investment treaties
28-Jun-2016
The Jakarta Post
The Indonesian government is currently reviewing all its international investment treaties after previously having terminated 20 bilateral investment treaties (BIT).
22-Jun-2016
ICTSD
How to encourage the flow of sustainable FDI for sustainable development? This article examines the state of the international investment law and policy regime and presents potential options for its reform.
21-Jun-2016
Ukraine Today
Ukrainian officials expect to sign a free trade agreement with Canada on 11-12 July - during Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's official visit to Ukraine.
16-Jun-2016
PowerShift
The 16 clips of this playlist were produced by members of the S2B network as part of the project "Making EU investment policy work for development".
15-Jun-2016
IISD
Lauge Poulsen is a Lecturer in International Political Economy at University College London. His recent book explains why and how developing countries signed up to investment treaties.
14-Jun-2016
TNI
The EU and Mexico launch negotiations for a ‘modernised’ Free Trade Agreement. A key feature is the investment protection chapter which grants major multinational companies in Mexico and the EU the exclusive right to challenge democratic decisions.
10-Jun-2016
Xinhua
China and the United States have made incremental progress in accelerating bilateral investment treaty talks
9-Jun-2016
SSRN
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN) treaties are more than a historical precursor to international investment agreements (IIA) and continue to influence and inspire modern investment treaty design.
8-Jun-2016
The TImes of India
European Commission (EC) has raised concerns over negotiations for a fresh bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with India saying that it may not be possible for individual member nations to sign new agreement.
7-Jun-2016
Public Now
Negotiations between EFTA and Malaysia have been ongoing since April 2014. The two sides have held seven rounds of negotiations, as well as intersessional expert meetings