Recommended Sites
Global
Policy Forum - Multilateral Agreement on Investment page
is a comprehensive collection of articles, news and resources
on the MAI, most of which are from a critical viewpoint. The
Global Policy Forum monitors global policy making at the United
Nations. According to the page about
the GPF, one of the primary issue areas it addresses is
"social and economic policy at the global level (so as
to win greater rights and justice and to oppose policies driven
largely by private accumulation)."
International
Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) web
site provides access to ICSID Convention, Regulations and
Rules; some ICSID cases; ICSID documents and publications;
bilateral investment treaties; and news from ICSID.
International
Investment Division Product Guide is a collection of full-text
articles and statistics on foreign direct investment from
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (U.S. Department of Commerce),
including annual and quarterly statistics on U.S. direct investment
abroad and foreign direct investment in the U.S.
Multilateral
Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) promotes foreign direct
investment into developing countries. The web site provides
information about the Agency, its services, its projects and
policies. It also provide full-text access to some of its
reports, and its newsletters - Miga News, IPAnet Briefing,
and Investment Promotion Quarterly.
OECD
Investment, Capital Movements, Services is an excellent
source of information on foreign investment. The site includes
a wide array of resources such as the report Recent
Trends in Foreign Direct Investment, the OECD
Benchmark Definition of Foreign Direct Investment, working
papers, country reviews, investment guides and legal instruments.
Private
Sector Development - World Bank Group offers a variety
of resources related to investment, including research and
working papers, data and statistics, and links to related
sites and organizations.
Full Text of
International Instruments
Bilateral
Investment Treaties (ICSID)
Bilateral
Investment Treaties, 1959-1999
Convention
Establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
1508 UNTS 99, entered into force April 12, 1988.
Convention
on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Between States and
Nationals of Other States 575 UNTS 159, 17 UST 1270, entered
into force October 14, 1966.
ICC
Rules for Documentary Credit Dispute Resolution Expertise
Investment
Treaties in the Western Hemisphere (OAS)
List
of U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaties (Trade Compliance
Center)
Multilateral
Agreement on Investment (OECD) Draft negotiating text.
North
American Free Trade Agreement - Chapter 11: Investment
North
American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 14 - Financial Services
OECD
Codes of Liberalisation
OECD
Declaration and Decision on International Investment and Multinational
Enterprises
TRIMs
Agreement (Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures)
United
Nations Convention on International Bills of Exchange and
International Promissory Notes UN Doc. A/RES/43/165, not
yet in force.
United
Nations Convention on Independent Guarantees and Standby Letters
of Credit UN Doc. A/50/640, entered into force January
1, 2000.
UNCITRAL
Model Law on International Credit Transfers
US
Bilateral Investment Treaties
Government Documents
Exon-Florio
Provision provides a mechanism to review and, if necessary,
restrict FDI in the United States that threatens national
security. This page provides an explanation of the provision
from the Office of International Investment, Department of
the Treasury.
Cases
International
Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes Cases
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