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FTAs loaded against Third World, says researcher
The Andhra Pradesh government will have to pay up $ 44.71 million in damages if it loses the case in the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) for cancellation of an agreement with UAE-based company Ras Al-Khaimah Investment Authority (RAKIA).
Cabinet approves interpretative notes between India, Bangladesh
The JIN includes the definition of investor and investment, exclusion of taxation measures, Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET), National Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment, expropriation, essential security interests and settlement of disputes between an investor and a contracting party,
US junks Bilateral Investment Treaty talks
Talks deadlocked on investor dispute settlement.
‘Investment pact system needs review’
‘IIA, which has a pro-investor bias, aims to protect only capital and not labour,’ said Saurabh Garg, the Joint Secretary in Indian Finance Ministry’s Department of Economic Affairs.
Withdrawal from investment treaties: An omen for waning investor protection in Asia-Pacific?
While India and Indonesia may have withdrawn from existing BITs, this does not necessarily leave foreign investors without any protection.
FinMin to look into changes sought by Canada in draft bilateral treaty
Enormous political pressure to get the bilateral, economic treaties off the ground, say officials.
Treating intellectual property as an investment, and subjecting it to treaty arbitration, can have undesirable impact
Free trade agreements tend to treat intellectual property as an investment made by investor corporations, allowing private investment disputes to be raised against the host country.
India’s bilateral investment pacts under cloud
Most have expired; partners unwilling to renew them under Finance Ministry’s model draft
Mixed messages to investors as India quietly terminates bilateral investment treaties with 58 countries
The Government of India says it has sent notices to terminate bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with 58 countries, including 22 EU countries. It has been reported that many of these BITs will cease to apply to new investments from as early as April 2017.
India refuses Canada’s proposal of signing investment deal before free trade pact
New Delhi says it will not result in a balanced outcome.
On the issues raised by the Canadian side on MFN-forward
Sitharaman clarified that the negotiation should not get lost in peripheral issues and should focus on bringing in promotion and protection elements.
Let’s talk investment treaty before free trade pact, Canada tells India
Canada is throwing its weight behind an early “progressive” bilateral investment treaty with India before it concludes a bilateral free trade agreement to ensure a stable and predictable environment for its investors.
India refuses to accede to European Union requests; post-March, investors to have no legal cover
Fresh investments by European companies in India and vice versa after April 1 won’t enjoy legal protection under any bilateral arrangement, as India has decided not to accede to requests by the European Union.
Canada Trade Min to fast-track FTA talks during India visit
Canada’s Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne is expected to accelerate the negotiation process of the proposed free trade pact with India.
Protecting the rights of tribals
Even as bilateral investment treaties are strengthened, domestic legislation must be implemented.
As Trump quashes TPP, Canada pushes pact with India
But Ottawa’s stance on model investment treaty has New Delhi worried
India should hold firm against the European efforts to undermine its new model Bilateral Investment Treaty
In the transition to its new approach to investor protection, India has sought to terminate its existing BITs with individual EU Members. Now the European Commission is pressuring India to extend those existing treaties.
EU pushes India to extend investment pacts by six months
The European Union has urged India to extend by at least six months the Bilateral Investment Treaties it has with the member countries.
India, Canada talk on investment pact, no consensus on dispute mechanism yet
A successful conclusion of FIPA will provide a much-needed cover for Canadian investments in India and vice versa, and is expected to be an important catalyst in translating the announcements into reality.
EU dithers on renewing pact with India, uncertainties over investment protection after April
India had signed a total of 83 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) since 1994, including those with some of the EU members.