bilateral investment treaty

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With the negotiations for proposed bilateral investment treaty (BIT) underway, the US India Business Council (USIBC) has launched the Coalition for Jobs and Growth to ensure the critical agreement is complete and ratified.

India and Israel have formalized a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to bolster economic cooperation and pave the way for a potential Free Trade Agreement. The agreement, signed by finance ministers from both nations, aims to protect investors, ensure fair treatment, and facilitate dispute resolution.

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is visiting India to sign a bilateral investment treaty (BIT), a move seen as paving the way for a future Free Trade Agreement (FTA). The BIT aims to protect investors and boost economic cooperation between the two nations. Both countries also aim to collaborate in fintech and project financing in third countries.

New Delhi, Aug 9 () India is likely to sign a treaty with the US for speedier action to boost investment agreements, Parliament was informed today.

India and the US have an ambitious target of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to be concluded at least over the next year, but the two sides remain far apart on the text to be negotiated.

The US was "extraordinarily" frustrated with the slow pace of opening up of Indian economy, despite the issue being raised at the highest level, a top Obama administration has said.

The Law Commission has recommended some key changes in the 2015 draft of the model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) that includes introducing a confidentiality clause to make the proposed treaty more investor-friendly.

India and the US are targeting a four-fold jump in bilateral trade to USD 500 billion in the near future, which stood at nearly USD 110 billion in 2015.

India is actively negotiating bilateral investment treaties with over a dozen nations to protect and promote investments, aiming to become a global manufacturing hub. These agreements offer broader investor protections enforceable by international arbitration. The goal is to rebuild India’s BIT ecosystem on modernised terms, balancing investor confidence and domestic policy space.

India and the US have reaffirmed commitment to the long-pending bilateral investment treaty.

Recent disputes, including the GMR-Maldives government row and the clash between foreign telecom firms Telenor, Sistema, Etisalat and Vodafone and the Indian government, have exposed India's vulnerable position in investment agreements.

The EU wants India to extend the bilateral investment treaties with individual countries for six months, but it is unlikely India would do so.

UK-based fund, The Children Investment (TCI) Fund, is invoking the provisions of India-UK and India-Cyprus bilateral treaties to demand compensation from the Indian government for the losses it suffered as a shareholder in Coal India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India and Kyrgyzstan have prepared a five-year road map to increase the bilateral trade and urged the business communities from both countries to explore the untapped potential in various fields.

India and the United Arab Emirates Tuesday signed a bilateral investment treaty along with seven others agreements, including one for an inter-governmental framework on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), following PM Narendra Modi’s fifth bilateral meeting in the past eight months with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the revised model text for the Indian bilateral investment treaty (BIT), which will replace the existing Indian Model BIT, a move which is expected to provide protection to both Indian and foreign investors.

Mauritius-based Capital Global and Kaif Investment, investors of Loop Telecom have invoked the India-Mauritius bilateral investment treaty, joining the league of other telecom companies including Vodafone that has served notice to the Indian government.

India and Israel have signed a bilateral investment agreement, making Israel the first OECD member to adopt India's new investment treaty model. This agreement, replacing the 1996 version, aims to boost investments by providing greater certainty and protection for investors.

Noting that progress on a bilateral investment treaty with India has been "slow", a senior US trade official has said in the absence of progress on economic reforms by India to ensure ease of doing business, the likelihood of getting to such a treaty is "low"

India and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) have initiated discussions on a free trade agreement that may not include a bilateral investment treaty. India aims to access the affluent market in the GCC region for its goods and secure concessions on visas, while also attracting investment.

Increasing the 2G headache for the government, Russian conglomerate Sistema JSFC, majority shareholder in Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL), has invoked provisions of the India-Russia bilateral investment treaty to "protect its investment" following the cancellation of its 21 telecom licences by the Supreme Court.