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WTO plurilateral investment facilitation draft consolidated revised Easter text
16-Sep-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on facilitating investment. This is the draft consolidated text as of 23 July 2021 ("revised Easter text"). It updates the Easter text available at https://www.bilaterals.org/?wto-plurilateral-investment-45012.
WTO plurilateral investment facilitation draft consolidated Easter text
6-Sep-2021
Some WTO Members are negotiating rules on facilitating investment. This is the draft consolidated text as of 12 April 2021.
European lawmakers seek to upgrade ties with Taiwan
3-Sep-2021 Bloomberg
The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a report that urged the EU to begin work on a bilateral investment agreement with Taiwan.
Death by a thousand treaties
20-Aug-2021 The Ecologist
Governments must urgently terminate all international investment treaties in force, in particular the Energy Charter Treaty, and stop negotiating new ones.
Ethiopia wins major International Court case against Israeli firm ICL
15-Aug-2021 The Reporter
The Hague based Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) passed its final judgment on Friday rejecting the Israel based mining company’s, Israel Chemical Limited (ICL) compensation claims filed against the government of Ethiopia.
Winshear seeks C$124,781,945 in damages from Tanzania
15-Aug-2021 Globe Newswire
Winshear Gold Corp. has filed a case at ICSID against Tanzania for the expropriation of the company’s retention licenses, claiming the country has breached its obligations under the Tanzania-Canada BIT.
The limits of sovereignty
13-Aug-2021 Dawn
Terminating 23 BITs is an important step for Pakistan, but if relationships with the WTO, the IMF and the World Bank remain, economic efficiency will continue to be prioritised over social justice and the rights of citizens.
BoI to sign treaties as per its new template
9-Aug-2021 Business Recorder
The Board of Investment (BoI) is all set to sign treaties with foreign countries in line with the new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) template, which was approved by Prime Minister Imran Khan last week, sources said.
Protecting human and environmental rights in international investment agreements
9-Aug-2021 East Asia Forum
Human rights experts are particularly concerned about the asymmetric nature of the system and a lack of investors’ human rights obligations. Together with high ISDS costs and arbitral awards, they undermine states’ ability to realise economic, social, cultural and environmental rights.
Pakistan to terminate 23 bilateral investment treaties
5-Aug-2021 The Express Tribune
Decision aimed at avoiding international arbitration with foreign firms .
Brexit: Western Sahara indy campaign takes UK Government to court
3-Aug-2021 The National
A CAMPAIGN group backing independence in Western Sahara is to take the UK Government to court over a post-Brexit trade agreement with Morocco.
DR Congo, Rwanda sign three agreements on bilateral cooperation
29-Jul-2021 Xinhua Net
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda signed on Saturday three agreements on bilateral cooperation after a meeting between the two heads of state in Goma.
India-EU FTA talks likely in September but no resolution yet on linking of investments, GIs
27-Jul-2021 The Hindu Businessline
India and the EU are likely to begin negotiations on the revamped proposal for a bilateral FTA in September but there continues to be disagreement on whether to carve out separate agreements on investment protection and geographical indications (GIs).
EU-ESA EPA: Investment liberalisation and trade in services (EU proposal, Jun 2021)
21-Jul-2021 European Commission
EU sets Uyghur and Hong Kong conditions for investment agreement
16-Jul-2021 Hindustan Times
The conditions have been listed in a draft report prepared by foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament.
New Ecuadorian government teams up with powerful international lobbies to rejoin investment treaties prohibited by the constitution
15-Jul-2021 Institute for New Economic Thinking
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) allow foreign capitalists to run roughshod over the rights of Ecuadorians.
Unpacking an empty box? The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
15-Jul-2021 SOMO
The recent tit-for-tat sanctions between the EU and China have cast a shadow over the deal’s future and frozen talks for the time being. But if the agreement reaches the finish line, what is at stake?
Imran okays new bilateral investment treaty template
13-Jul-2021 Dawn
Pakistan Prime Minister has approved the new Bilateral Investment Treaty template whereby any dispute will now be remedied through local arbitration.
Vietnam to gain as EU-China investment pact stalls
12-Jul-2021 DW
European investors are likely to look beyond China following the suspension of an investment agreement. Strong diplomatic relations and trade ties with Vietnam mean that the Southeast Asian country is tipped to profit.
Proposed AfCFTA investment protocol should be simplified to attract foreign direct investment into Africa, says ECA’s Karingi
8-Jul-2021 UNECA
The Economic Commission for Africa today made a pre-launch presentation of a report which offers policy recommendations to member states wishing to take advantage of the economies of scope and scale of the envisioned AfCFTA Investment Protocol to attract investment.