MAI : documentation from the negotiations

MAI : documentation from the negotiations

Published Jan 1998

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Declassified documents on MAI

Database contains a large quantity of declassified documents relating to the negotiations on a proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) between 1995 and 1998. Released in response "to the interest of stakeholders and civil society" and "designed to help interested parties gain a full understanding of the history and substance of these negotiations".

The documents are organised according to an analytical table of contents. Documents refer to "Drafting Groups" and "Expert Groups" created to support the work by the "Negotiating Group" – the high-level body of the Member delegations which was mandated to conduct the negotiations. These Groups were the following:

  • Expert Group (no.1) on Selected Issues Concerning Dispute Settlement and Geographical Scope
  • Expert Group (no. 2) on the Treatment of Tax Measures in the MAI
  • Expert Group (no. 3) on Special Topics
  • Expert Group (no. 4) on Institutional Matters
  • Expert Group (no. 5) on Financial Services Matters
  • Drafting Group (no. 1) on Selected Topics Concerning Investment Protection
  • Drafting Group (no. 2) on Selected Topics Concerning Definition and Treatment of Investors and Investments (pre/post establishment)
  • Drafting Group (no. 3) on Definition, Treatment and Protection of Investor and Investment.
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