12-Jul-2017
Business Standard
The JIN includes the definition of investor and investment, exclusion of taxation measures, Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET), National Treatment (NT) and Most Favoured Nation (MFN) treatment, expropriation, essential security interests and settlement of disputes between an investor and a contracting party,
12-Jul-2017
The Globe and Mail
A U.S. appeals court said a lower court judge erred in entering a judgment to enforce the $1.6-billion award, since reduced to about $188-million.
12-Jul-2017
Manila Bulletin
The Philippines, which chairs ASEAN this year, is looking at the conclusion of two major free trade deals – ASEAN-Hong Kong and Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
11-Jul-2017
Washington Post
Japanese officials say they are hoping the TPP talks will get a boost from the Economic Partnership Agreement reached with the EU.
10-Jul-2017
Pakistan Observer
Pakistan and Turkey had discussed the specific sectors including textile sector during the negotiation. The two sides had exchanged provisional lists for a final agreement in round of negotiation
10-Jul-2017
Economic & Political Weekly
The Government of India and the Government of Andhra Pradesh are facing an arbitration suit due to the cancellation of bauxite mining approvals in Visakhapatnam. This is the latest in a series of legal actions by foreign investors in the country.
10-Jul-2017
European Commission
A negotiating round took place in Brussels on 3-7 July between the European Union and Mercosur.
10-Jul-2017
International Economic Law and Policy Blog
The EU and Japan seemed to have scrapped the classic BIT/investor protection architecture as a model.