Foreign direct investment
- Keep investment issues out of trade agreements
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Investment issues are often hidden in trade agreements but potentially have much wider impacts than tariff restrictions. This paper argues that there should not be an investment chapter in free trade agreements. If investment must be included, it should take the form of cooperation in order to promote appropriate flows of foreign direct investment (FDI) between partners. It should not take the form of a legally binding agreement for securing establishment rights and national treatment for foreign investment and investors, and especially it should not allow for investor-state dispute settlements.
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- ( H. Baumüller / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2009)
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- ( N. McCulloch;A. Schmidt;A. Sumner / Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2009)
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- ( K.P. Gallagher / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University , 2008)
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- ( Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK , 2008)
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