Investment Protection Under Bilateral Investment Treaties of Pakistan
This research is carried out to explore the BITs of Pakistan and its effects on bringing much needed foreign investment in Pakistan, which is considered a backbone for the economic development for any country. The research reveals that the BITs entered by Pakistan remained a ceremonial gesture to improve the economic relations of Pakistan with other ...
Muhammad Khalid, Tansif Ur Rehman
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New Frontiers in EU Trade Policy: Moving Beyond Conventional Trade Agreements
ABSTRACT As the rules‐based international trading system faces stagnation and increasing unilateralism, the European Union's trade policy must evolve beyond conventional free trade agreements (FTAs). This article examines recent trends in EU trade agreements, highlighting not only their expanded scope to include areas such as digital trade ...
Niall Moran
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Law applicable to the substance of the dispute before an ICSID arbitral tribunal: Article 42(1) of the ICSID Convention and the role of national law [PDF]
Business transaction which represents a foreign investment is today most commonly regulated by three different layers of legal rules: provisions of an investment contract, rules of international law (treaties and rules of customary international law) and
Đundić Petar M.
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Obligation of the host state to act transparently towards the foreign investor [PDF]
Provisions on obligation of a host state to act transparently towards foreign investors increasingly often find their way into bilateral investment treaties.
Đundić Petar M.
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Analytical framework for assessing costs and benefits of investment protection treaties [PDF]
This report considers the opportunities and challenges for the UK, both for its bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and through the new generation of European investment treaties. This framework is intended to help make policy choices when assessing the
Bonnitcha, J, Poulsen, L, Yackee, J
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Evolving Geopolitics and Japan's Economic Security–Trade Nexus: ‘New Capitalism’ as a Balancing Act?
ABSTRACT Amid intensifying geopolitical tensions, governments increasingly perceive economic interdependence as a strategic vulnerability. Japan, situated geopolitically between two great powers—the United States and China—attempts to navigate geopolitics by prioritising economic security.
Minako Morita‐Jaeger
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Cuban bilateral investment treaties. Actuality and perspectives for local development
Bilateral investment treaties signed by the Cuban State contain a set of substantive and procedural standards of mandatory compliance for the contracting parties.
Yanitza Zaldivar Rodríguez
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Some of the challenges in reforming the international investment framework have derived from investor-state disputes, where host states have been sued for environmental or health regulations. Clauses regarding investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms
Maria A. Gwynn
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De‐Dollarization Is a Plausible Outcome of the New Washington Consensus
ABSTRACT A trend towards de‐dollarization of the global economy in which the US dollar ceases to be used as the world's reserve currency for international transactions confronts some of the existing structures of international economic law, built upon the rules set out by US‐led organizations like the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. This article will
David Collins
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The Lack of the Environmental Concern in Indonesia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties
In the modern era, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) are relatively effective to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). Many countries then eagerly concluded BITs, including Indonesia.
I Gusti Ngurah Parikesit Widiatedja +1 more
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