Kuwait


Kuwait, China's Hong Kong sign agreement to boost cooperation
Kuwait and China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region signed an agreement to promote and protect investment.
China-Gulf free trade talks stall on Saudi industrial agenda, sources say
Negotiations between China and an Arab bloc for a free trade agreement have stalled over concerns by Saudi Arabia that cheap Chinese imports could undermine its ambitions to transform the kingdom into an industrial powerhouse.
Kuwait's Agility gets favourable verdict on $380m Iraq funds
The Kuwaiti company Agility gets another opportunity to reclaim its legacy investment in an Iraqi telecom firm. The charges brought by Agility relate to more than $380 million in diverted funds.
Why Gadhafi's private jet is gathering dust on a French airfield
An aribtral tribunal ordered Libya to pay the Al Kharafi Group $930 million in damages. The Al Kharafi Group sued the Libyan state in France too, so when Gadhafi's A340 landed in France, they sought to have it impounded.
World Bank body dismisses Agility's claims against Iraq
Kuwaiti logistics company Agility’s claim to recover more than $380 million it said it lost in Iraq has been rejected by an international tribunal.
Annulment of Al Kharafi v. Libya arbitral award by Cairo court of appeal
On 3 June 2020, the Cairo Court of Appeal set aside a US$ 1 billion investment treaty award arising out of a dispute between a Kuwaiti construction company and the State of Libya, in relation to a license for a tourist development project in Tripoli, Libya.
Kuwait wins int'l property ownership case
ICSID dismisses lawsuit filed by Egyptian company.
World Bank body to hear Agility's dispute with Iraq government
Logistics and warehousing company is seeking to settle by arbitration a $380m dispute.
International arbitration newsletter - April 2019 | Regional overview: Middle East and Africa
Updates from Burkina Faso, Egypt, Kenya, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania.
Notice of arbitration filed against State of Kuwait
Russian businesswoman Marsha Lazareva has filed a notice of international arbitration with the State of Kuwait for breaching a bilateral investment treaty.