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Canada and India conclude investment treaty: Negotiations with China continue
Concluding a FIPA with China is one of the Canadian government’s top priorities. However, negotiations have dragged on due to significant differences between Canada’s Model FIPA and the standard Chinese approach.
Canada strikes trade deal with India
Canada has reached a trade agreement with India, one of the world’s fastest growing economies, which will guarantee fair legal treatment for each other’s investors.
India, Russia to explore CEPA
India and Russia have decided to explore signing a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement that will include not only features of an FTA but also trade in services and investment.
India looks for key to Nafta in Mexico
India is all set to sign a bilateral investment protection agreement (BIPA) with Mexico on May 21. This will be first such agreement with a member of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
India urges Pakistan to comply with Safta
Ahead of the Saarc summit here in April, external affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday cautioned Pakistan against non-compliance with Saarc Free Trade Area (Safta). He urged Islamabad to revise its position to ensure that global commitments undertaken by the latter were complied with.
India, Trinidad & Tobago sign bilateral trade agreement
India and Trinidad & Tobago on Monday signed the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) aimed at enhancing investment and technology flows between the two countries.
Canada signs Bilateral Investment Treaty with Peru — India and China are next
On November 14, 2006, Canada and Peru signed a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), otherwise referred to as a Foreign Investment Protection and Promotion Agreement (FIPA). This is Canada’s first BIT to be negotiated in eight years and the first BIT to be based on Canada’s new 2004 Model FIPA.
India to sign Bipa with Ethiopia
India will sign an investment protection pact with Ethiopia as part of measures to increase the flow of capital as well as trade between the two countries, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
African trade links on upsurge
A striking increase in trade and investment between China, India and Africa holds great potential for growth and job creation in the poverty-stricken sub-Sahara, a World Bank study released on Sunday said.
India offers economic pact to Nepal
India has offered to deepen its bilateral trade relations with Nepal by mooting a comprehensive economic parternship agreement (CEPA) to include services and investment. It has also offered to negotiate a more liberal bilateral investment promotion and protection agreement (BIPPA).
’Pacts on services, investment should follow Asean FTA’
Having submitted a revised offer to break the deadlock over the free trade negotiations with the Asean, India has now made clear that the pacts on services and investment will have to be implemented within a year of the implementation of the free trade agreement on goods.
Trade pact with China stuck over security
Security concerns over investments from China is impacting the proposed Bilateral Investment Promotion Agreement with Beijing. North Block’s proposal to amend the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) is stuck, delaying the signing of the agreement.
India seeks Japanese investment
If you can’t beat them, join them. That seems to be India’s mantra in its attempt to get more Japanese investments in the manufacturing sector, with some companies using New Delhi’s bilateral trade agreements to use another country as an export base for the Indian consumer.
Canada hopes to conclude free trade agreement with India
Canada hopes to sign an investment promotion and protection agreement with India later this year that would encourage free trade between the two countries, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said.
Treaties to protect foreign investors
Bilateral investment treaties have become potential weapons of multinational companies against developing country governments and societies. India has signed more than 50 of them. Yet BITs remain largely outside the domain of public discussion.
"US-India Strategic Economic Partnership": Kowtowing to American big business
The Report of the US-India CEO Forum titled "US-India Strategic Economic Partnership", which was released during the recent Bush visit, has not attracted much media attention in contrast to the hype over the nuclear deal.
Inching closer to a bilateral deal
Indian and Chinese economic relationship is set to get a leg up with the two countries closing in on signing a Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA), which will help investments from across the border, some of which have been seen with suspicion in the recent past.
Indo-Russia new pact in the offing
India and Russia will be working for new economic agreements that would include higher investment of Russian firms in the country’s lagging infrastructure.
India, Saudi Arabia sign landmark business deal
India bilateral business and economic ties with Saudi Arabia got a significant boost with the signing of the proposed Bilateral Investment Protection Agreement (BIPA) and the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement.
India-Saudi Arabia investment agreement to be signed
The Union Cabinet today approved the proposal for signing the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.