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Nigerian govt asked not to ascent to Energy Charter Treaty
23-Jun-2021 Leadership
Nigerian labour unions and civil society organizations have urged the government not to assent to the ECT, explaining that the Treaty contains provisions for an Investor-State Dispute System (ISDS), which accords investors obscene privileges.
MEPs push Brussels to follow Biden on Taiwan trade
21-Jun-2021 Politico
EU lawmakers are fed up with the European Commission’s reluctance to start an investment deal with Taiwan, while U.S. President Joe Biden has his sights set on trade talks with Taipei.
Cost of bilateral investment treaties
14-Jun-2021 The Express Tribune
Since Pakistan is already facing problems in attracting any new investment, it may not be in a position to terminate its bilateral treaties en bloc. Therefore, the only option is to review and renegotiate the scope of existing treaties and enter into any new negotiations with utmost care.
Israel to open economic office in Abu Dhabi to boost Gulf investment
2-Jun-2021 The Jerusalem Post
Israel plans to open an economic attaché office in Abu Dhabi to attract foreign investment and boost economic relations with Gulf states and the broader Arab world
Israel, UAE sign double taxation prevention agreement
1-Jun-2021 The Jerusalem Post
The tax treaty and the investment-protection agreement lay the groundwork for increasing economic cooperation.
EU to open negotiations on an agreement on investment facilitation with the Republic of Angola
31-May-2021 2021 Portugal EU
The Council of the European Union today adopted a decision to open negotiations in view of an agreement on investment facilitation with the Republic of Angola.
Investment treaties and FDI
24-May-2021 The Express Tribune
Not only are the BITs not necessary for attracting FDI, they have potential costs as well. A case in point is Pakistan, which is a signatory to 52 BITs, but has a rather poor record of attracting FDI.
TRIPS Waiver: A BIT of a challenge for India
24-May-2021 The Wire
Potential BIT claims by foreign pharmaceutical companies against India for the revocation, suspension or non-enforcement of IPRs could undermine the benefits of a potential TRIPS waiver.
Services, investment key in UK trade pact
21-May-2021 Mandurah Mail
Services and investment are "huge" for Australia’s imminent trade pact with the United Kingdom, Trade Minister Dan Tehan said.
China’s embrace of sanctions costs it an investment deal with EU
21-May-2021 Bloomberg
European lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a resolution to withhold ratification of the investment deal with China, so long as its “baseless and arbitrary” penalties were in place.
European Parliament to vote on freezing China deal
19-May-2021 Politico
Draft calls on EU to work with US on China, and to plan deals with Taiwan.
Canada BIT model (May 2021)
14-May-2021 Government of Canada
Taiwan says will work with EU, other democracies on chips
11-May-2021 Reuters
President Tsai reiterated a call for Taiwan and the EU to restart talks for a stalled bilateral investment agreement.
EU says not seeking escalation with China, working on investment deal
10-May-2021 Reuters
The situation is less dramatic than people seem to think. The EU is still working very closely with China’s Ministry of Commerce, the bloc’s ambassador in Beijing said.
EU may gain from negotiating separate trade and investment pacts with India
10-May-2021 Mint
The decision by India and the EU to recast the stalled trade and investment agreement into three separate deals could favour the latter.
EU-China investment deal ’not exactly a deal’
7-May-2021 The Jakarta Post
A long-negotiated investment agreement between EU and China was more of an "intention than a deal and it could be a long time before it became a reality, an EU commissioner said.
EU turns from China to India on free trade
5-May-2021 EU Observer
The EU is suspending plans for a trade deal with China, while reviving those for a pact with India, in a dispute on Chinese human-rights abuses.
Regaining sovereignty
26-Apr-2021 Dawn
Pakistan, which entered into its first BIT with Germany in 1959 — which also was the first BIT ever entered — has concluded 53 BITs with 48 countries.
Design and architecture of the AfCFTA investment protocol
22-Apr-2021 Tralac
The international legal instrument to be adopted as the AfCFTA Protocol on Investment will constitute a binding international agreement for the AU Member States that have ratified this instrument and for whom it has entered into force.
Regional Economic Communities and the AfCFTA investment protocol
22-Apr-2021 Tralac
The legal regimes of the eight Regional Economic Communities (RECs) recognised by the AfCFTA Agreement as building blocks of the African Continental Free Trade Area will not disappear when the AfCFTA is implemented.