18-Mar-2020
Viet Nam News
The two sides agreed to continue completing a legal framework for the signing of a memorandum of understanding on trade and agreements on investment protection.
2-Mar-2020
The Annapurna Express
Nepal has signed six bilateral investment treaties that can be described as first generation i.e. a template of BITs that were championed by investor-friendly Western European countries
27-Jan-2020
Deccan Herald
India inked an Investment Cooperation and Facilitation Treaty with Brazil – the first one after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Government in December 2015 approved a new template for such bilateral pacts.
20-Jan-2020
The Economic Times
India has a faced a number of claims from foreign investors over the years under the BIT regime. It is presently engaged in over 20 investor-State disputes, with a number of them revolving around retrospective tax claims.
20-Jan-2020
The Japan Times
The Japan-U.S. Trade Agreement (JUSTA), the pinnacle for modern trade policy between the two allies, is now in force.
7-Jan-2020
Biopharmapress
Proper mandatory licenses will be exempt from claims for expropriation under the China BIT model.
17-Dec-2019
China Briefing
The phase two agreement is to be digitally focused and could include a US-China bilateral trade agreement.