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Venezuela ratifies new bilateral investment treaty with China
Herbert Smith Freehills | 29-Nov-2024
This treaty marks a significant step in Venezuela’s recent trend of executing BITs, particularly following its withdrawal from the ICSID Convention in 2012.
keywords: China , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Venezuela
Panama agrees $26m payment to settle dispute with US miner
Mining.com | 28-Nov-2024
Panama has agreed to pay $26 million to settle a dispute with Dominion Mineral Corp. after losing an arbitration award in 2020 over the US mining company’s copper-gold exploration licences.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , Panama , US
La revisión del TLC con la Unión Europea, un asunto pendiente
Más Colombia | 26-Nov-2024
El presidente Petro habló de la revisión del TLC con la Unión Europea, pero sobre un tema que no está en el tratado y después de años de haber anunciado la renegociación.
keywords: Colombia , EU , ICSID , investor-state disputes | ISDS
Colombia to renegotiate arbitration issues of FTAs with the US and UE
Prensa Latina | 25-Nov-2024
Colombia’s President said that Colombia will try to renegotiate the Free Trade Agreements with the European Union and the United States, concerning arbitration prerogatives based on national law.
keywords: Colombia , EU , investor-state disputes | ISDS , US
Affaire de la BFT : une issue moins douloureuse qu'on le craignait pour la Tunisie
Kapitalis | 25-Nov-2024
L’affaire qui oppose, depuis le milieu des années 1980, ABCI, le fonds d’investissement néerlandais, à l’Etat tunisien a finalement connu une issue moins douloureuse pour les contribuables tunisiens que beaucoup d’observateurs le craignaient.
keywords: finance | banking | taxes , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Tunisia
A bilateral investment treaty with a ‘bit’ of change
The Hindu | 22-Nov-2024
Despite some departures, the India-UAE bilateral investment treaty establishes a continuity of India’s investment treaty practice.
keywords: India , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , ISDS reform , Oman
ICSID takes cognizance of Turkish firm’s claim against Pakistan
The News International | 22-Nov-2024
ICSID Tribunal decides to proceed with adjudication on quantum of amounts owed to Bayindir by Pakistan.
keywords: investor-state disputes | ISDS , services
British Virgin Islands court grants Chinese firm right to seize Nigerian $25m assets
Business Day | 21-Nov-2024
The ruling marks the latest in a string of losses Nigeria has suffered in foreign jurisdictions over the past years.
keywords: China , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Nigeria
Montero agrees to US$27 million settlement from Tanzania
Montero Mining | 21-Nov-2024
Montero has agreed to a US$27,000,000 settlement amount to end its dispute with the United Republic of Tanzania
keywords: Canada , ICSID , investment | BITs , investor-state disputes | ISDS , mining , natural resources , Tanzania
Le Conseil fédéral approuve la modernisation du Traité sur la Charte de l’énergie
Gouvernement suisse | 20-Nov-2024
Les parties contractantes restantes devraient approuver la nouvelle mouture du traité lors de la Conférence de la Charte de l’énergie, qui aura lieu le 3 décembre 2024.
keywords: climate , ECT , energy , investor-state disputes | ISDS , Switzerland