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As a consequence of being sued by more than 20 foreign investors, India terminated close to 60 investment treaties and adopted a new Model Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) purportedly to balance investment protection with the host State’s right to regulate. This book is a critical study of India’s approach towards BITs and traces their origin, evolution, and the current state of play. It does so by locating them in India’s economic policy in general and policy towards foreign investment in particular. India’s approach towards BITs and policy towards foreign investment were consistent with each other in the periods of economic nationalism (1947–1990) and economic liberalism (1991–2010). However, post 2010, India’s approach to BITs has become protectionist while India’s foreign investment policy continues to be liberal. To balance investment protection with the State’s right to regulate, India needs to evolve its BIT practice based on the twin framework of international rule of law and embedded liberalism.
This article examines the origin, evolution and current status of the Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) programme. India launched its BITs programme in 1994 as part of its overall strategy of economic liberalization. To date, India has entered into more than 80 BITs. However, India's BIT programme didn't receive much attention until recently when numerous foreign investors brought BIT claims against India challenging various regulatory measures such as cancellation of telecom licences and imposition of retrospective taxes. This sudden gush of BIT claims has put the focus on India's BIT programme. It has triggered concerns about Indian BITs not balancing investment protection with India's regulatory power, thus compelling India to re-think its BIT programme.
The book provides a deep and insightful enquiry into a set of persistent questions about investment treaties, including the causal relationship between investment treaties and investment, and their role in emerging economies such as India. It is innovative and pathbreaking as it distils past practices and experiences of investment treaties, from local and global perspectives, and seeks to sketch a template that could mark the next generation of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) for emerging economies, including India. The book provides an authoritative account of whether the investment community accords importance to the existence of investment treaties while taking investment decisions, based on cross-country ethnographic research involving some of the key stakeholders drawn from foreign investor community, academicians, leading practitioners and key policy makers. Among other topics, it discusses potential evolution of investment treaties and how next generation treaties should look like, drawing lessons from past experiences, current practices and most importantly, the outlook for India in its next stage of development. The book is very useful for academic community studying international investment law (IIA). Domestic and international practitioners of law will find the book a must read as the topic is emerging as a vibrant field of practice and consulting, and the volume focuses on some of the most debated areas in IIA. The book contains interest areas for policy makers, especially those who work in the field of commerce and economic diplomacy. It is also immensely useful to treaty negotiators and professionals that actively assist and advise negotiating teams of BITs and other investment disciplines which are part of trade agreements.
The paper analyses the evolution of India's Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) policy in terms of continuity and change over time, in tune with the changing domestic and international investment regimes. On the drafting of India's new model BIT, the paper explains why the Indian authorities pursued a realistic approach to find a “middle path” between investment protection standards and the legitimate right of governments to regulate economic activity in the public interest. The authors explain the underlying rationale behind the substantive and procedural changes made in the new Indian model BIT. The authors view the review of the model treaty is merely one more contribution to changing the system of investment treaties worldwide with the next challenge being to overhaul the large number of India's existing BITs to bring them in line with the renewed approach and integrate the trade and investment regimes towards a common agenda.
This edited collection on international commercial and investment disputes in, and with, India examines past and present landmark legislative and regulatory reforms initiated by the Indian government, including the 2015 new Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) model, the 2015 amendments to the 1996 Arbitration Act and the 2013 amendments to Section 135 of the Companies Act on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), as well as the most recent amendments to the same. The book also includes recent developments in the dispute resolution arena, regional, and international negotiations involving India, the legal profession’s response to these developments, and civil society’s comments. In addition, it addresses contemporary problems of key importance and at the centre of today’s discussions, from the legitimacy and relevance of Investor–State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) to the denunciation of Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), and the role arbitration should play in emerging economies now leaders in world trade. In creating bridges between commercial and investment arbitration, it also renews the conceptual approach to these too often artificially isolated fields of law. The volume provides an accurate and updated account of the many fascinating conceptual and practical evolutions, which already impact the world of international dispute resolution far beyond the borders of India. This unique and exhaustive study will be of great appeal to a vast range of readers from practitioners to academia.
International Investment Treaties and Arbitration Across Asia brings together leading academics and practitioners to examine whether and how the Asian region has or may become a significant ‘rule maker’ in contemporary international investment law and dispute resolution. The editors introduce FDI trends and regulations, investment treaties and arbitration across Asia. Authors add country studies for the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as an overview of ASEAN treaties, or examine other potential ‘middle powers’ (Korea, Australia and New Zealand collectively) and the emerging ‘big players’ (China, Japan and India). Two early chapters present econometric studies of treaty impact on FDI flows, in aggregate as well as for Thailand, while two concluding chapters offer other normative and forward-looking perspectives.
India is one of the fastest growing economies and intends to achieve the desired growth with the help of foreign investment. Recently, India terminated all the existing Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and announced to renegotiate them based on the newly issued Model BIT. This book is the first comprehensive commentary and analyses of international investment law with focus on India. It offers detailed examination of India’s legal position in relation to protection of foreign investment and the impact of investment treaty arbitration and related jurisprudence on the country’s governance structures and regulatory framework. Additionally, it reflects upon the political and economic rationales for the policy on foreign investment. Among the matters discussed are the following: • jurisprudence of investment tribunals, with focus on cases where India was a party (White Industries v. India); • impact of the Make in India campaign and other reforms on foreign investment; • requirement of valid entry and operation of foreign investment; • prominent treatment standards such as expropriation, fair and equitable treatment, full protection and security, most favoured nation, and national treatment; • dispute resolution clauses and enforcement of investment arbitration awards; • interaction of protection of foreign investment and the Indian judiciary; and • reasons for India not joining the ICSID Convention. Given India’s position as a hugely influential player in the cross-border movement of capital, with the willingness to ‘change the rules’ on foreign investment and investment treaty arbitration worldwide, this book will prove of immeasurable value to practitioners, legal academics, interested policy makers, multinational corporations and their counsel and others interested in international investment law and India.
The authors highlight the paradigmatic shifts in Indian Bilateral Investment Treaties and the challenges associated with the new model of 2015.