BSP announced that Republic Act (RA) No. 11256, An Act to Strengthen the Country’s Gross International Reserves (GIR), was approved by Congress and signed by President Rodrigo R. Duterte last 29 March 2019.
THE chairman of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs is moving to update the 28-year-old Foreign Investment Law, aiming to lure more foreign direct investments (FDI) into the country to create more jobs.
Host states are increasingly adding investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) provisions to investment treaties alongside inter-state arbitration provisions. They require investors to commit to substantive obligations such as non-discrimination, fair and equitable treatment and adequate compensation for expropriation.