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What have you done to protect small traders from FDI, court asks Centre
22-Jan-2013
“Have you got any Foreign Direct Investment or it is just a political gimmick? Has the FDI policy in multibrand retail sector announced by the Centre in October 2012 brought some fruits” the Supreme Court asked Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati on Tuesday.
BIPA talks put on hold
22-Jan-2013 The Hindu
In a significant development, the Government of India has ordered a freeze of all Bilateral Investment Protection Agreements (BIPA) negotiations till a review of the model text of BIPA is carried out and completed. This follows a spate of show cause notices on the Government by foreign companies seeking to recover their investments under the agreement.
Need to align bilateral investment treaty regime with global reality
8-Jan-2013 The Hindu
The changing dynamic of the global economy has led to a transformation in the role of developing countries as both capital importing and exporting States. There is an urgent need to redefine the global BIT regime to reflect this changing paradigm.
Investment protection clause: India can’t do a Maldives without paying a price
24-Dec-2012
Recent disputes, including the GMR-Maldives government row and the clash between foreign telecom firms Telenor, Sistema, Etisalat and Vodafone and the Indian government, have exposed India’s vulnerable position in investment agreements. While the foreign telecom companies can use a potent weapon - the ’investment protection’ clause in bilateral treaties - against India, GMR cannot do the same with Maldives.
ASEAN, India conclude FTA talks on services, investment
20-Dec-2012
The 10-member Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) concluded a long-bargained free trade agreement (FTA) with India on services and investment on Wednesday ahead of a two-day commemorative summit in New Delhi, India.
India, ASEAN FTA talks on services, investment in final stages
18-Nov-2012
Negotiations on the much-delayed Free Trade Agreement in Services and Investment between India and 10-nation ASEAN grouping are in the final stages and effort is being made to conclude these by next month.
Asean-India FTA negotiations reach deadlock
18-Nov-2012
Negotiations to widen the Asean-India free trade agreement in the services and investment sectors have reached a deadlock.
Vodafone tax case may delay India-Canada investment protection pact
6-Nov-2012 Dow Jones
A foreign investment protection deal between India and Canada—which was expected to be signed this week, according to media reports—is likely to be delayed because New Delhi is reviewing all similar agreements after its tax dispute with Vodafone Group PLC.
India, ASEAN to review talks on FTA in services and investments
29-Aug-2012
Trade ministers of India and 10-member ASEAN will review the progress of ongoing negotiations to widen the base of free trade agreement between them by including services and investments.
Pakistan businessmen want legal cover for their investment in India
6-Aug-2012 Bernama
Pakistani businessmen who intend to invest in India should be given legal cover to ensure that no future government in Delhi reverses the decision to allow investments from Pakistan, a leading trade lobby has said.
India: BIT of a problem
29-Jun-2012 Financial Express
An investment litigation strategy and investment negotiation strategy on BITs and investment is clearly the need of the hour for India.
NGOs express concern over ongoing US-India Bilateral Investment Treaty
19-Jun-2012 PharmaBiz
A group of public interest organisations in India have expressed concern about the ongoing US-India Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT).
The treaty that could decide the Vodafone india tax case
11-May-2012 New York Times
As the British telecommunications company Vodafone Group and India’s finance ministry edge ever closer to a full-blown confrontation over taxes related to Vodafone’s $11.1 billion acquisition in India, a key issue may be the India-Netherlands Bilateral Investment Treaty, signed between the two governments in 1995.
Treaties that gave away the store
1-May-2012 The Hindu
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.
Treaties that gave away the store
27-Apr-2012
As India grapples with the Vodafone and 2G fallout, the Bilateral Investment Treaties it signed a few years ago are coming back to haunt it.
India plans to abolish ISD clause in FTAs
6-Apr-2012
India plans to abolish the investor-state dispute system and renegotiate FTAs with South Korea, Singapore, and other countries, an Indian newspaper reported.
US in talks with India on bilateral investment treaty
5-Mar-2012 Times of India
The United States says it is developing a new model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) and had intensified its engagement with potential partners like India and China to conclude such a treaty with them.
India loses arbitration case against Oz firm
9-Feb-2012
In a stinging indictment of the slow speed with which the higher judiciary decides cases and lackadaisical manner in which the government deals with disputes involving foreign companies doing business in India, a three-member international arbitration panel has decided a case against the Government of India and a PSU.
Investment terror
13-Jan-2012 DTE
Since the 1990s developing nations have been on a treaty spree, signing a vast number of bilateral and regional investment treaties to attract funds for development. But as the figure of investment treaties has shot up so have the claims for damages from investor companies, which are seeking billions of dollars in compensation on account of regulatory laws.
BIT(s) by bit
9-Nov-2011 MyLaw.net
EU investors are not the only ones seeking ‘protection’ in India.