Investment provisions in trade and investment treaties: the need for reform
Date
2015-09
DOI
Authors
Van Harten, Gus
Porterfield, Matthew C.
Gallagher, Kevin P.
Version
OA Version
Citation
Abstract
Nations of the world are currently negotiating a
variety of significant trade and investment treaties
that cover upwards of eighty percent of the world
economy. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
would further integrate a number of Pacific-Rim
nations; the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) would be a treaty between
the United States and European countries. The
United States and others are also negotiating major
bilateral investment treaties (BITs) with China and
India.
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