investment | BITs
investment | bilateral investment treaties
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21-Aug-2019 Folha de S.Paulo
Trade agreement between Brazil and United States will not include free-trade
Officials participating in the negotiations say the deal not only involves taxes, but also non-tariff and investment issues.
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16-Aug-2019 Mondaq
African states launch the operational phase of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, creating one of the largest common markets in the world
The AfCFTA entered into force on May 30, 2019 for all States that have ratified the Agreement. Trading under the agreement will begin on July 1, 2020.
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9-Aug-2019 Nation News
Kenya ties on the table
Barbados is looking to enter into a double taxation agreement and a bilateral investment treaty with Kenya.
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2-Aug-2019 GRAIN
El acuerdo comercial RCEP intensificará el acaparamiento de tierras en Asia
El RCEP no sólo cambiará las reglas sobre la exportación e importación de bienes y servicios; cambiará la forma en que los gobiernos deciden sobre los derechos de tierras y quiénes tienen acceso a ellos.
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1-Aug-2019 Morning Star
Concern grows over ‘corporate courts’ being set up after Brexit
Parliament’s trade committee says it is alarmed by government’s failure ‘to set out even basic lines of policy’ on how international arbitration will work after Brexit.
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1-Aug-2019 The Malaysian Reserve
China pushes more bilateral investment with Malaysia
There will be more investments in the finance and high-value agriculture sectors to Malaysia from China as part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
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23-Jul-2019 Business Recorder
Pakistan seeks convening of TIFA meeting
Pakistan will seek engagement with the United States in the economic and trade arena, while emphasizing the need for early convening of the next round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA).
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16-Jul-2019 Les Affaires
Une coentreprise de Barrick Gold obtient 5,8 G $ en dommages intérêts
Barrick Gold a indiqué que sa coentreprise avec le mineur chilien Antofagasta avait obtenu 5,84 milliards $ US en dommages-intérêts pour son projet Reko Diq, au Pakistan.
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15-Jul-2019 Business Recorder
Government decides to challenge award
The Pakistan government has decided to challenge the award ICSID award that includes $4.08 billion penalty and $1.87 billion interest.
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15-Jul-2019 Amis de la Terre
Nouveau rapport alarmant sur la justice d’exception à la veille de la ratification du CETA
Ce rapport rassemble 10 affaires récentes d’arbitrage entre investisseurs et Etats (ISDS), qui montrent pourquoi le mécanisme, et son relookage par copier-coller préconisé par l’Union européenne, devrait être supprimé de tout accord international.
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14-Jul-2019 The News International
Pakistan fined Rs950 bn in Reko Diq case
The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) of World Bank has rendered almost $6 billion (Rs950 billion) award against Pakistan in Reko Diq case.
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25-Jun-2019 EU Observer
EU-Vietnam trade deal a bad day for workers’ rights
Behind the smiles and handshakes, the signature of the EU-Vietnam trade and investment deals - being agreed on Tuesday (25 June) and to be signed at the end of this week - have dire consequences for human well-being and our ability to prevent climate and ecological breakdown.
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25-Jun-2019 The Hindu
Building confidence, BIT by BIT
Indian bilateral investment treaties need to strike a balance between foreign investor interests and those of the state
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24-Jun-2019 ERR News
Arbitration overrules Tallinna Vesi tariff complaint, must pay costs
Tallinn water utility Tallinna Vesi has seen its claim against the Estonian state overruled by the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Dispute (ICSID), and has been ordered to pay costs likely to be in excess of half a million euros.
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24-Jun-2019 CEO, TNI, FOEE, FOEI
New research shows public interest damage caused by corporate justice
New research published today reveals the devastating consequences of the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system
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24-Jun-2019 Business Korea
South Korea and Russia initiate FTA talks in service and investment sectors
South Korea and Russia initiated the two sides’ FTA negotiations in service and investment in Moscow on June 20.
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20-Jun-2019 Romania Insider
EU allows Romania to pay EUR 200 mln compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors
The European Court of Justice on June 18 canceled a European Commission decision dating 2015, which established that Romania’s payment of compensation to Romanian-Swedish investors Ioan and Viorel Micula constituted illegal state aid. The European Commission also ordered the Romanian Government to recover the money already paid to the investors following an international court’s decision.
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19-Jun-2019 ILO
New Dutch model BIT: negotiations to commence soon
The Dutch government has obtained the authorisation required to start renegotiations with eight non-EU countries on its new model bilateral investment treaty and conclude new BITs with two others.
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18-Jun-2019 The Hindu Business Line
India, Kyrgyzstan have prepared 5 year roadmap to increase bilateral trade: PM Modi
India and Kyrgyztan have given the final shape to the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and the bilateral investment treaty.
