Author: Stephanie Bijlmakers* Published: December 2012 Description: I. INTRODUCTION Today’s governance of foreign investment is dictated by a patchwork of investment treaties and preferential trade agreements. The flow of foreign...
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...Lagos. Investment treaties are not the only source of protection offered to parties to an investment agreement. The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) Act 2004 protects foreign direct investments flowing...
The Brazil-Nigeria Samba: From Partners in Business to Parties in ...
...to calculate the percentage of one BIT party’s share of the other BIT party’s foreign direct investment volume. It is because of this elevated amount of choice, that in the...
Empirics-Based Umbrella Clause Interpretation
...primary goal of any investment treaty, is indeed to encourage foreign direct investment by providing an additional safeguard to a foreign investor’s commercial interests and the promotion of international trade.[30]...
Is the New York Convention Applicable for the Enforcement of ...
...https://www.italaw.com/sites/default/files/case-documents/ita0206.pdf. [17] World Bank Group, Report to the Development Committee and Guidelines on the Treatment of Foreign Direct Investment, Legal Framework for The Treatment of Foreign Investment Volume II, Report...
The Tik-Tok Ban in India: Remedies Under the ISDS Regime
...creation of more BITs and support foreign direct investment (“FDI”) inflows despite the growing concern of investors regarding the potential for terrorism to destroy investments, a clear, consistent and easily...
Reconciling Full Protection and Security Guarantees in Bilateral Investment Treaties ...
...foreign direct investment (“FDI”), by protecting foreign investors against host-country policy measures. The first IIAs appeared in the late 1950s, but most of the currently almost 2,700 IIAs in force...
Economic Aspects of International Investment* – Vol. 30 No. 1
...Arbitral Process Description: Introduction In recent years, the Philippines has emerged as a “[Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)] powerhouse,” largely due to sharp increases in public-private partnerships for massive infrastructure projects....
The Philippine BIT Program and Investor-State Disputes – Vol. 28 ...
...gatekeeper of all foreign direct investments into the United States, received a major revamp in its review powers and mission. Whereas CFIUS only had power to conduct national security reviews...
CFIUS Reforms in Context: China in the Crosshairs of CFIUS ...
...to a remarkable increase in the quantity of and competition in international investment. Within this context, Foreign Direct Investment (“FDI”) has been growing dramatically, reaching over two billion USD in...
Competing Regimes in International Investment Arbitration: Choice Between the ICSID ...
...and investment law have indeed felt the effects of COVID-19. The pandemic highlighted the ability of states to exercise sovereign regulatory power affecting foreign direct investment, and the public at...
Simon Klopschinski, Christopher Gibson, and Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, The Protection ...
Author: Ramon Vidal Puig* Published: December 2019 Jurisdiction: Europe Topics: BITs Description: I. INTRODUCTION The Treaty of Lisbon conferred upon the European Union (“EU”) exclusive competence with regard to foreign...