investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
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20-Jun-2018 Both Ends
Lettre: Le renouvellement automatique du traité bilatéral d’investissement entre les Pays-Bas et le Burkina Faso
Both ENDS a envoyé une lettre, signée par différentes organisations de la société civile, à la Ministre néerlandaise du commerce et du développement, l’incitant à terminer le traité bilatéral d’investissement entre les Pays Bas et Burkina Faso.
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20-Jun-2018 Both Ends
NGO’s send letter to Minister Kaag to call for termination of BIT with Burkina Faso
Both ENDS sent a letter, signed by various civil society organisations, to the Dutch Minister of Aid & Trade to urge her to terminate the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) that exists between the Netherlands and Burkina Faso.
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20-Jun-2018 Global Net
Tunisie / Canada : Un accord en vue pour la protection des investissements
Le ministre des Affaires étrangères tunisien et le ministre du Commerce international canadien ont convenu de la reprise des négociations d’un accord bilatéral en matière d’incitation et de protection des investissements.
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19-Jun-2018 No al TTIP
No a los tratados de comercio e inversión
Nace la campaña ‘No a los tratados de comercio e inversión’ como respuesta a la nueva ola de tratados neoliberales que atentan contra la vida
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18-Jun-2018 CNCD 11.11.11
Belgique-Panama : soupçons sur l’arbitrage
Le match se joue aussi au Parlement wallon ce 20 juin : vote sur un traité d’arbitrage biaisé.
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18-Jun-2018 The Straits Times
Singapore deepens ties with Kenya, Rwanda
Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam meets their govt leaders, discusses ways to boost cooperation in various areas.
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15-Jun-2018 The New Times
Singapore’s Deputy PM in Rwanda for a two-day working visit
Singapore and Rwanda will sign an agreement on bilateral investment treaty.
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15-Jun-2018 Focus Taiwan
Vice premier pushes for start to talks on investment agreement with EU
Vice Premier Shih Jun-ji urged the European Union (EU) to start negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral investment agreement (BIA) as soon as possible.
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13-Jun-2018 The Straits Times
Singapore, Kenya ink two pacts to boost investment flows
Singapore and Kenya signed two agreements yesterday, a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) and an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation (DTA), to promote greater investment flows.
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13-Jun-2018 Devdiscourse
Canada and Moldova sign agreement to promote foreign investment, trade
The two ministers discussed how the agreement will deepen economic ties and expand investment opportunities for businesses in Canada and Moldova.
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1-Jun-2018 The Guardian
Did Canada buy an oil pipeline in fear of being sued by China?
The logic to Trudeau’s action may lie in an obscure and overlooked 2014 agreement to ensure China got a pipeline built
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31-May-2018 El Salto
Oleada de tratados contra la vida: no son los impactos, es el sistema
TTIP, CETA, TPP, TISA… una oleada de tratados de comercio y/o inversión se cierne sobre nuestras vidas. ¿Cómo afrontar semejante sopa de letras sin sentirnos abrumadxs o impotentes? ¿Cómo articular una lucha política eficaz?
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31-May-2018 Focus Taiwan
European Parliament passes resolution on Taiwan-EU investment talks
The European Parliament passed a resolution calling for the European Commission to start negotiations with Taiwan on a bilateral investment agreement.
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28-May-2018 Oup Blog
Investment law leads to more investment: A faulty premise?
When officials drafted investment treaties and arbitration, did they expect them to facilitate more investment? The answer that emerges from internal discussions among officials in the UK and the US is clear: no.
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24-May-2018 Metro
Traités de libre-échange – Le Parlement de Wallonie approuve le traité controversé avec Oman
Le projet de traité d’arbitrage liant la Belgique et le Luxembourg à Oman a été approuvé, par le Parlement de Wallonie
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24-May-2018 Le Figaro
L’UE pourra conclure certains accords sans l’aval des Parlements nationaux
Il sera à l’avenir possible de scinder les accords commerciaux en deux pour éviter que les traités puissent être stoppés par un seul Parlement national ou régional, comme ce fut le cas dans le passé pour le Ceta.
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17-May-2018 Dutch Government
Netherlands draft model BIT (May 2018)
As released by the Dutch Government
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12-May-2018 European Council
Draft Council conclusions on the negotiation and conclusion of EU trade agreements
EU member states approved the Commission plans to keep investment protection provisions seperate from trade agreements so that they can be approved without the ratification of national or regional parliaments.
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10-May-2018 Revista Pueblos
La experiencia vasca contra los tratados de comercio e inversión
Una simpática estampa se ha tornado familiar en los últimos años para el tejido asociativo, social y político vasco: un enorme caballo de cartón-piedra a la cabeza de una marcha de protesta por las calles de una ciudad cualquiera de Euskal Herria. Es el “caballo de Troya” de los tratados de comercio e inversión, un cachivache que entraña una gestión logística cuando menos complicada, pero que genera un indudable impacto visual y simbólico, y que se ha convertido en el “amuleto” de la campaña vasca contra la arquitectura de la impunidad que representa la nueva oleada de tratados de comercio e inversión.
