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EU trade ministers back wider ASEAN mandate
21-Oct-2013 Tax News
The European Commission is to launch negotiations on investment protection with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as part of ongoing free trade talks.
China worried about Ecuador move to end bilateral investment treaties
17-Oct-2013 Dow Jones Newswires
Ecuador’s decision to end bilateral investment treaties with all countries and take disputes to a new regional arbitration body has raised concerns among Chinese investors.
Lose the double standard around foreign investment in Canada
16-Oct-2013 Huffington Post
Should the "right" of a foreign corporation to make a profit trump governments’ attempts to create local jobs, improve environmental regulations or establish laws that raise royalty rates? Most Canadians would say no. But that’s what their government is pushing poor countries to accept if they want Canadian investment.
TTIP Update III
11-Oct-2013 Computerworld
Glyn Moody addresses the EU’s latest document "Incorrect claims about investor-state dispute settlement"
Putting the I In TTIP: The necessity of a strong investment chapter
11-Oct-2013 USCIB
United States Council for International Business (USCIB) argues for a strong investment chapter in the EU-US FTA (TTIP)
Ecuador establishes commission to audit investment treaties
9-Oct-2013 Dow Jones
Ecuador has established a special commission to audit bilateral investment treaties, or BITs, signed with different countries and by several governments, the country’s Foreign Minister said.
EU-Thailand FTA - investment chapter (draft 2013)
8-Oct-2013
Argentina: what to do with the BITs?
24-Sep-2013 Rebelión
Why do we continue to be bound to this investment protection regime when it is not a determinant of FDI and makes it harder for us to retain our resources?
Inversiones, transnacionales y desarrollo: el caso de Uruguay
6-Sep-2013 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung
El contexto actual, pasados ocho años de gobierno del Frente Amplio en Uruguay, es particularmente propicio para reflexionar acerca de las diversas condicionantes para la aplicación de estrategias de desarrollo económico, productivo y social.
Kevin Rudd ’risks foreign investment’
2-Sep-2013 The Australian
Business has warned that Kevin Rudd’s populist rhetoric on foreign ownership could undermine Australia’s ability to secure free-trade agreements with key Asian trading partners and risks foreign investment that is crucial as the economy slows.
Port Hawkesbury Paper deal violates free trade: US congressman
31-Aug-2013
Government funding for the Port Hawkesbury Paper mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, violated free trade laws, a US congressman says.
Move to ease German, EU doubts over investor risk in SA
30-Aug-2013 Business Day
SOUTH Africa is scrambling to convince Germany and its other European trade partners that its unilateral scrapping of bilateral investment treaties is not a risk to their investments in South Africa.
Pakistan: Bilateral investment treaty model
27-Aug-2013 Dawn
Keen to attract direct foreign capital, the government of Pakistan has evolved a ‘model template’ that would serve as the basis for negotiations for future bilateral investment treaties.
South Africa terminates its bilateral investment treaty with Spain
27-Aug-2013 Lexology
This is the second BIT terminated as part of South Africa’s planned review of its investment treaties
Advancing a new regulatory regime for TNCs and Investment: Towards a people’s international treaty
8-Aug-2013
Invitation to a round table at the European Paliament in Brussels on 5 September to deepen the debate on corporate Impunity, and introduce key elements in emerging alternatives to reclaim the public Interest and end TNC impunity
BIT: India, US completes 3 rounds of negotiations
6-Aug-2013 PTI
India and the US have completed three rounds of negotiations for the proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a pact which would help in enhancing economic ties between the countries.
FTAs actually restrict free trade
3-Aug-2013
We are told that when trade is free, there will be more trade and nations will prosper. To achieve even freer trade the nations of the world must enter into free trade agreements.
Why (not) so serious?: US keen to revive Bilateral Investment Treaty
1-Aug-2013 Express Tribune
The United States has asked Pakistan to take the Bilateral Investment Treaty ‘seriously’, as Islamabad plans to bring all domestic stakeholders on board before entering negotiations.
Nurul Izzah: Don’t bow down to pressure on TPP
31-Jul-2013
Malaysia’s Parti Keadilan Rakyat VP Nurul Izzah Anwar has accused the Ministry of International Trade and Industry of bowing down to pressure when it agreed to clauses on investor-state dispute settlement in negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.
The world’s worst judicial system?
30-Jul-2013 South News
Frustrated with the BITs and its arbitration, a growing number of governments have retreated from the system.