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New bilateral investment treaties will help India avoid arbitrationWiser from being dragged to arbitration in numerous cases, such as the Vodafone tax dispute, India is set to revise the model text for bila...
Department of industrial policy & promotion pitches for sunset clause to terminate all BIPPAsBIPPAs have a sunset clause of 10-15 years after which they can be terminated, else they get automatically renewed.
Finance ministry’s plan to clarify on investment pact Bipa a sound moveWith the economy slowing down, foreign companies are reportedly seeking to raise profitability by means of loopholes in Bipas.
Government to clarify intent of provisions under BIPAThis is a temporary fix until India can renegotiate investment promotion agreements and the government is already working on a model BIPA t...
Lessons from Vodafone tax case: Govt to rewrite BIPA to exclude taxation, intellectual property right issuesIndia has readied a new draft to negotiate bilateral investment treaties, keeping taxation and intellectual property right issues out of it...
India-UAE BIPPA: Government builds safeguards to protect itselfThe treaty with UAE will be renegotiated in 2016, by which time India would have introduced the new draft in all its investment agreements.
Government to draft model treaty on MNCs' mediation rushThe reworked treaty will stipulate that the foreign investor will not be able to challenge the legality of an unfavourable verdict from the...
India ropes in Brigitte Stern to take on Swiss telco ByCellBrigitte Stern, an international arbitration expert, will be India's arbitrator in its dispute with Swiss telecom firm ByCell.
India to relook at 82 BIPAs as foreign investors invoke global arbitrationP Chidambaram has approved creation of a permanent group of secretaries that will be in force till the time all of India's 82 BIPAs are ren...
Foreign telcos can't claim damages from govt in 2G case: Attorney General Goolam Essaji VahanvatiThe attorney general had further said that claim of damages from the Indian government by these companies was based on a ‘complete misunder...
- Bilateral investment pacts: How MNCs sue governments to secure their investments
Some aggrieved foreign investors have threatened to invoke bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements (BIPAs) their home coun...
- S Africa yet to circulate dual-listing model text
South Africa is yet to circulate the model text — the basic template of the bilateral investment promotion agreement— that forms the basis ...
- India, America talk up bilateral investments
India and the US have started formal talks on a pact on liberalising and protecting bilateral investments.
- Indo-US bilateral investment talks on hold
The election process in the US and India seems to have put discussions on the bilateral investment treaty (BIT) - a pact to ease investment...
- India, US on way to formal pact on investments
India and the US have decided to launch formal negotiations for a bilateral investment agreement.
- US favours Nafta-type investment pact with India
The US wants to include labour and environment standards in the proposed bilateral investment agreement with India.
- Talks with US on for Bipa-like trade treaty
India and the US have begun discussions on an agreement to promote bilateral investment.