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UAE and Barbados sign promotion and protection of investment agreement
8-Dec-2023 Zawya
The two sides reaffirmed the importance of responsible and conscious investments that address environmental challenges
Pakistan moves closer to signing landmark trade agreement with GCC
4-Dec-2023 Dawn
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have reached a consensus on the investment modalities, paving the path for the ratification of a much-awaited free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Can existing international agreements on ‘investment facilitation’ advance sustainable development, climate action, and human rights?
1-Dec-2023 CCSI
Terminating investment treaties and withdrawing advance consent to ISDS would allow governments to clear the path from problematic treaties centered on investment protection and ISDS, which in practice benefit unsustainable investment.
Dispute settlement mechanisms: BoI asked to show ‘flexibility’
30-Nov-2023 Business Recorder
These directions were issued after threadbare discussion with Saudi Arabia and Qatar which are insisting on the option of international arbitration in a template of Bilateral Investment Treaty.
WTO investment facilitation for development text (final draft, Jul 2023)
30-Nov-2023
The global minimum tax spurs need for faster investment agreement reforms
24-Nov-2023 UNCTAD
A UNCTAD report highlights the interplay between efforts to tackle tax avoidance and protect investment, calling for accelerated reforms to align investment agreements with new global tax rules.
KSA, Qatar: Issues over BIT template block huge investment
8-Nov-2023 Business Recorder
Pakistan is likely to scrap Bilateral Investment Treaty template, and allow renegotiating with Saudi Arabia and Qatar on new BIT template.
Investment treaty gets go-ahead
7-Nov-2023 The Express Tribune
The investment treaty with Saudi Arabia and Qatar would be annexed with the free trade agreement (FTA) between Pakistan and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), highly placed sources told The Express Tribune.
Zenith adds another arbitration case over Tunisia problems
6-Nov-2023 Energy Voice
Zenith Energy has launched international arbitration in Paris against state-owned Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP).
An India-UK investment treaty might soon be clinched
3-Nov-2023 Mint
India and UK seem to have moved towards common ground on dispute settlement, which was the most controversial part of the bilateral investment treaty.
Investment changes coming to ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand free trade agreement
30-Oct-2023 Watson Farley & Williams
On 21 August 2023, ASEAN, Australia, and New Zealand brought several amendments, improvements and additions to their longstanding free trade agreement known as AANZFTA
Winshear Gold moves on from Tanzania project, takes $30 million settlement
26-Oct-2023 Mining.com
Canadian gold explorer Winshear Gold (TSXV: WINS) has ended a longstanding dispute with the Tanzanian government in regards to the company’s licences for the SMP project.
India-UK FTA: Efforts on to also finalise dispute settlement in investment pact
25-Oct-2023 The Hindu BusinessLine
Full-throttle efforts are being made to ensure India-UK FTA and BIT, get finalised simultaneously.
Canada, Taiwan complete talks on bilateral investment deal
25-Oct-2023 Reuters
Canada and Taiwan have completed talks on a bilateral deal to boost foreign investment and will work to make sure it takes effect promptly, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng and Taiwan’s government said.
India, UAE discuss bilateral investment treaty
6-Oct-2023 Mint
India and the UAE discussed a bilateral investment treaty that could see the UAE invest in India’s renewable energy, health, semiconductor and asset monetisation sectors.
India, Philippines go slow on BIT push
2-Oct-2023 Live Mint
A push by India and the Philippines to renegotiate their investment agreement is moving slowly. The agreement, which was signed in 2000 and came into force in 2001, expired in 2011. New Delhi has called for the agreement to be terminated and replaced by a new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
Cambodia-India bilateral trade treaty talks near end
27-Sep-2023 The Phnom Penh Post
Cambodia and India are finalising negotiations on a bilateral investment treaty to streamline trade between the countries.
Ukraine and Canada conclude updated free trade agreement
25-Sep-2023 Ukrainian News
According to the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine - Minister of Economy Yuliya Svyrydenko, the new Agreement brings significant changes to the trade regime between Ukraine and Canada.
Bilateral investment treaty to be signed with UAE
25-Sep-2023 Barbados Today
Barbados will soon be signing a bilateral investment treaty with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Energy transition mythbusters: Myth #6
25-Sep-2023 TNI
Investment protection is necessary to encourage energy transition investment.