investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
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22-Apr-2019 EIN Newsdesk
Angola, South Korea work on investment protection agreement
An agreement on promotion and reciprocal protection of investment between Angola and South Korea is in the pipeline.
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22-Apr-2019 Business Recorder
Rental power: Government in talks for out-of-court settlement
Pakistan government is reportedly in talks with the Turkish government and M/s Karkey for an out-of-court settlement to avert attachment of Pakistan’s properties in Europe
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16-Apr-2019 The Express Tribune
Pakistan may not have to pay $1b Karkey penalty
The key suspect in the rental power plants case – Laeeq Ahmed Sheikh, who is in National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) custody, has revealed some astonishing facts.
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12-Apr-2019 Hogan Lovels
The African single market takes a step forward as the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement becomes a reality
As a second step, negotiators will focus on rules pertaining to intellectual property rights, competition policy and investment, which they aim to finalise by June 2020.
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11-Apr-2019 AFTINET
Government concealed failure to cancel the old, worse version of ISDS in new Indonesia trade deal
Detailed scrutiny of the text of the recent Indonesia trade deal has revealed that there are no provisions to cancel the old 1993 Indonesia-Australia bilateral investment agreement.
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11-Apr-2019 Xinhua Net
China, EU aim to conclude comprehensive investment agreement in 2020
China and the European Union (EU) aim to conclude a comprehensive bilateral investment agreement in 2020.
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3-Apr-2019 Fresh Plaza
Sweden hopes to increase commercial relationship with Ecuador
The parties expressed their interest in exploring the possibility of initiating negotiations of a bilateral investment agreement.
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31-Mar-2019
Australia - Hong Kong investment agreement
As released by the Australian Government
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25-Mar-2019 The Citizen
End of Tanzania, Netherlands pact nears
The preferential protection of bilateral investments between Tanzania and the Netherlands is likely to cease next month but the protection for investments made before the date of termination continues to apply for a period of 15 years (until 1 April 2034).
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22-Mar-2019 Euractiv
L’UE resserre les rangs face à la Chine
Les négociateurs européens ont inclus dans leur proposition envoyée à leurs homologues chinois la volonté de conclure d’ici à 2020 un accord d’investissement « ambitieux » entre la Chine et l’UE.
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21-Mar-2019 Euractiv
EU urges China to progress on demands to dispel ‘frustration’
In order to address some of the main outstanding issues at the EU-China summit, the EU negotiators included in their proposal sent to their Chinese counterparts to conclude by 2020 an “ambitious” EU-China investment agreement.
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15-Mar-2019 The Wire
Investment protection proposals under RCEP threaten India’s pharma industry
Free trade agreements like the RCEP will infringe on India’s intellectual property laws. India must stand its ground in the interest of public health.
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13-Mar-2019 Common Dreams
Why free trade is bad for you (or most of you at any rate)
Free trade is simply a euphemism for the corporate capture of international trade.
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7-Mar-2019 South Centre
Building a mirage: The effectiveness of tax carve-out provisions in international investment agreements
The broad language in investment agreements has allowed investor-state dispute settlement tribunals to scrutinize tax measures adopted by States, and determine that such measures resulted in a breach of State’s obligations under the agreement.
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4-Mar-2019 Khmer Times
Myanmar parliament approves Asean-Hong Kong investment agreement
Myanmar’s Union Parliament approved an agreement on investment between the ASEAN and China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR).
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28-Feb-2019 All Africa
Angola: Prime Minister of São - Tomé wants strategic partnership
The Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe wants a new era of cooperation with Angola, building on the investment protection agreement that was signed in 1995.
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25-Feb-2019 The East African
Why East Africa needs new funding sources
Seatini said East African countries should find alternative ways to finance development projects rather than depend on public-private partnerships and bilateral investment treaties, which have cost the region dearly.
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19-Feb-2019 Business Standard
India, Argentina for expediting signing of BIT, DTAA to boost investments
India and Argentina agreed to expedite signing of the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and the double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) between the countries to promote economic ties.
