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Uruguay court dismisses Philip Morris tobacco challenge
22-Nov-2010 AFP
Uruguay’s Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a constitutional challenge brought by tobacco giant Philip Morris that disputes the tiny South American country’s anti-tobacco laws.
The EU approach to international investment policy after the Lisbon Treaty
16-Nov-2010 EP
Paper prepared for the European Parliament regarding options offered by the Commission on the EU’s new investment policy competence
EU’s new grab for raw materials will increase poverty
14-Nov-2010 Traidcraft
The European Union’s push to help its companies access raw materials in developing countries will increase poverty, according to a new report released by Traidcraft Exchange, Oxfam-Germany, AITEC-France, WEED-Germany and Comlamh-Ireland
Obama’s trip to India: Don’t rush into a bilateral investment treaty
7-Nov-2010 FPIF
The negotiations over a US-India bilaterals investment treaty were begun by the Bush administration. Obama officials have said they won’t complete the deal until they finish up a review of the US model BIT.
Member states put corporate rights over public interests in EU investment policy
3-Nov-2010 S2B Network
Trade justice campaigners working together in the “Seattle to Brussels Network” are calling for a radical overhaul of international investment policy.
Bill in works to woo foreign firms to Japan
1-Nov-2010 Japan Times
The Japanese government will submit a bill to the Diet next year that would give foreign firms preferential treatment if they establish headquarters or research centers in Japan.
Colombian Senate approves investment agreement with China
27-Oct-2010 Xinhua
Colombia’s Senate Tuesday approved in a first reading an agreement under which China and Colombia will promote and protect their investments in each other’s countries.
UN agency sees better foreign investment appetite
8-Oct-2010 Reuters
Governments are opening up to outside investment for funds to help their economies recover, with liberalising measures outnumbering those seeking to keep out foreign money, a UN report showed on Thursday.
Gold Reserve Inc. submits $1.928 billion arbitration claim to World Bank’s ICSID
29-Sep-2010 Market Watch
Gold Reserve’s claim alleges violations of three provisions of the Canada-Venezuela BIT culminating in the effective expropriation of Gold Reserve’s investments in the Brisas gold/copper project and the Choco 5 gold property.
India, Canada trying to resolve issues of FIPPA: Sharma
25-Sep-2010 MSN
India and Canada are trying to resolve differences over the proposed investment protection agreement while negotiations on a trade opening pact are underway, visiting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said.
Reclaiming the public interest in Europe’s international investment policy: Will the future EU BITs be any better than the 1200 existing BITs of EU member states?
24-Sep-2010 ITN
If not corrected, the flaws of the current BIT practice could backfire against European environmental and other public interest policies and cost European taxpayers dearly in compensations to foreign investors.
Bilateral investment treaties: A Canadian primer
22-Sep-2010 CCIC
Bilateral Investment Treaties make up one part of a global investment regime that governs how countries and their governments can regulate foreign-owned assets. Canada is a major promoter of these instruments.
US suspends talks on BIT with Pakistan
17-Sep-2010 Pak Tribune
The United Sates has suspended talks on bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Pakistan, saying that it plans to change its template, a senior official of the Commerce Ministry said on Wednesday.
Bring order to investment ’spaghetti bowl’
17-Sep-2010 Korea Times
At an UNCTAD workshop held in Xiamen earlier this month, Korea introduced its model for preventing investor-state disputes through aftercare services.
Ecuador Assembly agrees to end international investment pacts
16-Sep-2010 Dow Jones
Ecuador’s National Assembly has approved a government request to end bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements with Germany, the UK and Northern Ireland. Those with Finland, Sweden, Canada, China, the Netherlands, France, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and the US may be next.
Council stresses the need for a common framework on investment agreements at EU level
13-Sep-2010 EuroAlert.net
The Foreign Affairs Council meeting held in Brussels on 10 September agreed on the need to put into place a common framework to develop the new EU competence in foreign direct investment granted by the Treaty of Lisbon.
Taiwan, Japan negotiating investment guarantee pact: minister
8-Sep-2010 Focus Taiwan
Minister of Economic Affairs Shih Yen-shiang confirmed Tuesday that Taiwan and Japan have started negotiations on a bilateral investment guarantee agreement to step up economic exchanges between the two countries.
Shift of power to conclude bilateral investment treaties (BITs) from member states to EU
5-Sep-2010 Lexology
China, Russia and India considered candidates for the first stand-alone EU-wide BITs.
Public statement on the international investment regime
30-Aug-2010
A statement of concern about the international investment regime and its impacts on human development and environmental sustainability, supported by academics with expertise in investment law, arbitration, and regulation, from 24 universities across nine countries, is available for sign-on.
India-ASEAN services, investment pact negotiations reviewed
27-Aug-2010
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma met commerce ministers from ten ASEAN Member States at Da Nang, Vietnam, today to review India-ASEAN services and investment agreement negotiations.