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Việt Nam, Senegal look to sign extra deals to boost trade, investment
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.
China-EU summit to be postponed due to coronavirus - sources
13-Mar-2020 WHBL
A summit planned for the end of March in Beijing between China and the European Union is set to be postponed due to the coronavirus.
Zimbabwe offers land as compensation for 800 seized farms
13-Mar-2020 Reuters
The dispossessed farmers covered in the land compensation scheme are citizens of countries that have bilateral investment agreements with Zimbabwe.
Nepal’s bilateral investment treaties
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
Appeal in ISDS: Appealing for the host state?
28-Feb-2020 South Centre
The basis of a claim in ISDS is always the applicable international investment agreement. There would always be differences and inconsistencies with an appellate mechanism.
EU trade chief downbeat on China accord, other Asian deals
20-Feb-2020 Reuters
A planned EU-China investment agreement looks unlikely to be struck by September as planned because of the coronavirus outbreak, European Union trade chief Phil Hogan said.
EU adopts Vietnam trade deals despite human rights concerns
12-Feb-2020 AP
European lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved free trade and investment deals between the EU and Vietnam, despite concerns about the human rights situation in the country.
A new approach on investment
12-Feb-2020 The Hindu
A US-India trade deal will have historic significance, especially if it ushers in a period of strong collaboration to advance a shared bilateral trade agenda and effectively resolves troubles as they arise.
Canada, Ethiopia to start negotiating investment agreement: Trudeau
10-Feb-2020 Global News
Prime Minister Trudeau brought the promise of an investment agreement with Ethiopia, as he continued his bid to get African votes for Canada‘s attempt to win a United Nations Security Council seat.
India inks first investment treaty with Brazil post-approval of new templates in 2015
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.
Paraguayan FM: Ties with Turkey strengthen through further cooperation
24-Jan-2020 Daily Sabah
The Paraguay president plans to visit Turkey in March 2020 and sign an agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments.
India, Brazil to sign strategic action plan
23-Jan-2020 The Hindu
India and Brazil will upgrade their strategic partnership with an “action plan” and sign a bilateral investment treaty.
EU tells China more access needed to seal investment accord
21-Jan-2020 Bloomberg
Trade Chief Hogan says he still wants to do a deal in 2020. China has been in talks with EU on investment since 2013.
View: It’s time for govt to rethink the investor-State dispute regime
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.
Investment will overshadow trade in Japan-U.S. talks
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.
S. Korean investment agreements allow paper companies to request international arbitration
14-Jan-2020 Hankyoreh
South Korea has concluded no fewer than 99 investment agreements that allows paper companies to take advantage of investor-state dispute system.
Japan, Morocco sign agreement for promotion and protection of investment
10-Jan-2020 Devdiscourse
This agreement aims at further protection and promotion of investment between the contracting parties.
Agreement for the termination of bilateral investment treaties between the Member States of the European Union (EU draft, Nov 2019)
8-Jan-2020 IAReporter
As leaked by IAReporter
China’s new policy on foreign investment and the security of intellectual property
7-Jan-2020 Biopharmapress
Proper mandatory licenses will be exempt from claims for expropriation under the China BIT model.
The US-China trade deal phase two – digital trade, intellectual property, cyber intrusions, and a bilateral investment treaty
17-Dec-2019 China Briefing
The phase two agreement is to be digitally focused and could include a US-China bilateral trade agreement.