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India and bilateral investment treaties – are they worth it?
21-Jan-2015 Beyond Brics
Instead of relying only on a treaty-based approach, India should initiate domestic policy reforms to attract and protect foreign investments, argues Kavaljit Singh
India-ASEAN services & investment FTA to be in force from July
15-Jan-2015
India’s free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments with 10-member ASEAN Grouping will come into force from July this year, paving the way for freer movement of professionals and further investment opportunities.
India, US agree to restart talks on bilateral investment treaty
12-Jan-2015 Times of India
India and the US have reaffirmed commitment to the long-pending Bilateral Investment Treaty with PM Modi conveying to secretary of state John Kerry that New Delhi was prepared to hold early talks for the same.
Fixing BIPPA
25-Dec-2014 Financial Express
The definition of investment that the govt of India had agreed to while entering into BIPPAs is particularly problematic, writes Biswajit Dhar
New bilateral investment treaties will help India avoid arbitration
17-Dec-2014 Economic Times
Bilateral investment treaties that the government of India will enter into from now on will have a provision preventing foreign investors to drag India to arbitration on any issues that have been settled by a judicial authority.
India: New BIT text introduces ‘obligation against graft’
16-Dec-2014 Financial Express
Only genuine foreign investors committed to India’s long-term interests and whose activities in the country are corruption-free can claim protection under the new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) text, which will soon be placed for Cabinet approval.
India to replace BIPA with a new pact to protect investments
19-Nov-2014 Jagran Post
A draft of India’s new model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT), currently moving through Cabinet, reportedly excludes taxation matters and introduces rules on conflict of interests in arbitration.
Keen to have a Bilateral Investment Treaty with India: US
14-Nov-2014 Economic Times
"The Indian-US bilateral investment treaty has stalled a bit and it is time to get it back on track," Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin said.
Assessing India’s Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement with UAE
28-Oct-2014 Madhyam
Thanks to the persistent efforts by civil society groups demanding access to the full text of India-UAE bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPA) under the Right to Information Act, the agreement was recently made public by the concerned appellate authority of Ministry of Finance.
India signs FTA in services, investments with ASEAN
8-Sep-2014 PTI
India has signed the free trade agreement (FTA) in services and investments with 10-member ASEAN, paving the way for freer movement of professionals and further opening opportunities for investments.
Bilateral Investment Treaty to lure US companies to India, says expert
6-Sep-2014 Economic Times
A US-India BIT could provide "a layer of much-needed protection that can lure US companies into India," especially to develop infrastructure, a US expert says
Signing of India-ASEAN FTA likely via circulation process soon
27-Aug-2014 Economic Times
India, which did not attend the ASEAN ministers meeting this week, will propose a circulation process for signing the India-ASEAN trade pact in services and investments.
Modi’s US visit to boost bilateral investment treaty
27-Jul-2014 Deccan Herald
The negotiation between India and US for a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) is set to gain momentum in the coming weeks ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with American President Barack Obama in Washington DC in September
Finance ministry to move Cabinet for clearing new BIPA text
24-Jun-2014 TOI
Ignoring protests from India’s department of industrial policy and promotion, the department of economic affairs is planning to approach the Union Cabinet for a go-ahead for the new model text for bilateral investment protection agreements (BIPAs).
BIPAs not serving India’s interest: Commerce Ministry
21-May-2014 Business Standard
Worried over frequent invocation of investment protection pacts by MNCs, the Commerce and Industry Ministry is in favour of gradually phasing them out saying that they hurt India’s interest.
Afraid of free trade
25-Apr-2014
Diplomacy in South Asia is given over to give-no-quarter bureaucrats, who cleave to a nationalism that continues to trump economics.
India, US must take tough decisions on bilateral trade: Powell
25-Apr-2014
Outgoing US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell said on Friday that the new government post elections could convene a Track 1.5 event during its first 100 days to begin a conversation on how to accomplish $500 billion in bilateral goods and services trade between the two countries.
Lessons from Vodafone tax case: Govt to rewrite BIPA to exclude taxation, intellectual property right issues
4-Mar-2014 Economic Times
India has readied a new draft to negotiate bilateral investment treaties in the future, keeping taxation and intellectual property right issues out of its ambit
India reviewing its 83 bilateral investment pacts: Anand Sharma
25-Feb-2014 PTI
The government today said it is reviewing all its bilateral investment promotion and protection pacts amid global firms raising concerns about India’s investment policies.
A BIT of a secret
22-Jan-2014 Indian Express
India’s bilateral investment treaty arbitration must be made more transparent.