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Vivendi: Arbitrator Reaffirms Ruling, $105M Award Vs Argentina
11-Aug-2010
French media conglomerate Vivendi (VIV.FR) Tuesday said the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, reaffirmed its original ruling and financial award in favour of the company in a long-running dispute with Argentina.
World Bank approves mining company suit against El Salvador
11-Aug-2010
In a decision with implications for the national sovereignty of member states under US trade pacts, a World Bank tribunal has approved a Canadian mining company’s controversial lawsuit against the government of El Salvador.
South Africa: Court rules against Italian investors
11-Aug-2010 Business Day
An international arbitration tribunal in The Hague has dismissed an objection by Italian investors claiming that SA’s black economic empowerment requirements represented expropriation and violated the country’s bilateral investment treaties with Italy and the Belgo-Luxembourg Economic Union.
Chevron urges arbitration in $27 bln Ecuador case
6-Aug-2010 Reuters
Chevron Corp urged a US federal appeals court not to force it into Ecuador’s courts, but to allow it to go to international arbitration, to defend a $27.4 bn lawsuit alleging its oilfields polluted the Amazon rainforest and sickened thousands of Ecuadorians.
Taiwan starts talks with Japan on investment accord
6-Aug-2010 CNA
Trade negotiators from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs have started talks with Japanese economic and trade officials with the aim of promoting economic and trade integration between the two countries
International arbitration on SL oil hedging tomorrow
27-Jul-2010 Sunday Times
A dispute initiated by Deutsche Bank against the government of Sri Lanka will be a test case on whether derivatives contracts should be considered ’investments’ under bilateral investment treaties
Brussels moves on negotiating trade treaties
12-Jul-2010 FT
The European Commission wants to replace a thicket of about 1,200 bilateral investment treaties signed by the EU’s 27 member states over five decades with far fewer treaties binding the entire bloc.
Plata says Colombia to sign investment treaty with Japan
2-Jul-2010 Bloomberg
Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata says the pact with Japan may be signed "in the next couple of weeks" and he will visit South Korea to sign another treaty,
EU-Canada FTA (CETA) - consolidated text of the Investment and Services Chapter
29-Jun-2010
Consolidated CETA text of the Investment and Services Chapter as of at 13.1.2010
AmCham urges FDI reforms in US
28-Jun-2010 Shanghai Daily
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai has urged the United States to depoliticize its regulatory process of identifying investment deals chosen for review, to boost Chinese outbound investment in the US.
Korea ranks 6th among G20 nations in number of investment deals
18-Jun-2010 Arirang
An OECD report shows that as of end May, Korea had 106 international investment agreements, most being bilateral deals.This puts Korea in a tie with the United States
Groser walks diplomatic path to China as Greens lob barbed warning
17-Jun-2010
A Chinese political and trade delegation to New Zealand has been lauded as a positive continuance of a burgeoning relationship between the two countries by Trade Minister Tim Groser.
China urged to explore investment opportunities in COMESA
17-Jun-2010
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretary-General Sindiso Ngwenya on Tuesday urged China to enter into joint ventures with Africa’s largest regional trading and economic grouping to capitalize on the customs union that was launched last year.
BoI tasked to facilitate investment
16-Jun-2010
The Board of Investment (BoI) has been tasked to formulate Special Economic Zone Act (SEZA), update the existing Promotion and Protection of Investment Act 1976 and conclude Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT) and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with other countries specially the United States.
Taiwan to seek investment pacts before FTAs: minister
8-Jun-2010
Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang said Monday that Taiwan will adopt a "building blocks" approach to promote free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries, beginning with investment guarantee pacts.
S Korea, China, Japan trade ministers see investment pact in ’10
24-May-2010 Dow
Trade ministers of South Korea, China and Japan are targeting to conclude an investment agreement among the three countries this year in order to promote tripartite economic and trade cooperation, Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Sunday.
Australian tax could breach treaty with China
10-May-2010 Telegraph
Mining shares plunged last week after Kevin Rudd, Australia’s prime minister, proposed a 40pc tax on mining profits, arguing that Australia’s mining boom was benefiting shareholders based abroad
US inches a BIT closer to China
6-May-2010 Asia Times Online
The US-China Congressional Committee has released a study it commissioned in June 2009 for the purposes of investigating why the United States and China have not yet executed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT).
Pakistan, US to start BIT talks this month
3-May-2010 Dawn
Pakistan and the United States are scheduled to restart negotiations on Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in the third week of May
Malaysia can become a gateway for Emirati investors, Deputy Governor Bank Negara Malaysia
26-Apr-2010
Dato’ Mohd Razif Deputy Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said that Malaysia has ample investment opportunities in various fields and can become a gateway for Emirati investors to access Asian Markets, expressing his resolve to open joint ventures between Malaysia and United Arab Emirates to enhance economic and trade ties between them.