Regulations of foreign investment [[electronic resource] ] : challenges to international harmonization / / editors, Zdenek Drabek, Petros C. Mavroidis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452737603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Jersey, : World Scientific, c2013
• ISBN: 981-4390-84-4; 1-299-13319-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (510 p.)
• Collana: World scientific studies in international economics, , 1793-3641 ; ; v. 21
• Altri autori (Persone): DrabekZdenek; MavroidisPetros C
• Disciplina: 346/.092
• Soggetti: Investments, Foreign - Law and legislation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction Zdenek Drabek and Petros C Mavroidis; Findings; 1 Regulation of Investment in the Trade Régime: From ITO to WTO Petros C Mavroidis; 1. Introduction; 2. Investment Regulation in the Havana Charter; 3. The GATT-Era; 4. The WTO-Era; 4.1. Trade in goods; Inconsistent measures; Standstill, transitional obligations, and notification requirements; 4.2. Trade in services; 4.3. Trade related intellectual property rights (TRIPs); 4.4. The working group on trade and investment; 5. Attempts to Multilateralize Outside the WTO; 6. Conclusions; References Annex 1: Investment Regulation in the Havana Charter; Article XI; Article XII; Annex 2: Article III.5 GATT; Annex 3: TRIMs; Members; Article I; Article II; Article III; Article IV; Article V; Article VI; Article VII; Article VIII; Article IX; Annex 4: Mode 3 GATS; Annex 5: TRIPs Provisions; Article XXI; Article XXXI; 2 Domestic, Regional and Multilateral Investment Liberalization Jorge A Huerta Goldman; 1. Domestic Laws on Investment; 1.1. Bolivia's domestic laws on investment; Equal treatment and sectors restricted; Rights of Foreign and Domestic Investors; Real estate and expropriation 1.2. Brazil's domestic laws on investment; Rules on foreign capital; Rules on equality of national and foreign investment; Purchase of real estate; Expropriation; 1.3. Mexico's domestic laws on investment; Real estate; Constitutional warranties including non-discrimination; 2. Bilateral Investment Treaties; 2.1. Bolivia's BITs; 2.2. Brazil's BITs; 2.3. Mexico's BITs; 3. The World Trade Organization (WTO); General obligations; Specific commitments; 4. Observations; 4.1. Investment statistics; 4.2. National treatment vs foreign treatment; 4.3. BITs vs WTO: State responsibility 4.4. Cross-fertilization of disciplines; 4.5. Slow liberalization in the WTO; 4.6. Developing countries as new investors; 5. Conclusions; References; Annex 1; I. Bolivia; II. Brazil; III. Mexico; 3 Mode 3 of the GATS: A Model for Disciplining Measures Affecting Investment Flows? Bart De Meester and Dominic Coppens; 1. Introduction; 2. Scope of Mode 3 and Investment; 2.1. Commercial presence; 2.2. Owned or controlled; 2.3. Investment by service suppliers; 2.4. GATS scope with regard to investment measures; 2.5. Commitments on Mode 3 service supply; 3. Gaps in Disciplines on Mode 33.1. GATS provisions that discipline measures that hamper investment; Market access; (a) General measures; (b) Specific investment decisions and market access; Non-discrimination; (a) General measures; (b) Individual decisions and non-discrimination; Domestic regulation disciplines; (a) Administration of measures of general application; (b) Individual decisions affecting investment; Disciplines on subsidies hampering inward foreign investment; 3.2. GATS provisions that discipline measures that attract investment; 4. Conclusion; References; 4 Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment Drusilla K Brown, Alan V Deardorff and Robert M Stern
• Sommario/riassunto: The main aim of this book is to assess the importance of international rules for foreign direct investment and the major challenges to international harmonization of those rules. Particular attention is paid to the most controversial and contentious issues with the view of appraising the prospects for establishing global rules. The book is divided into three parts; the first part includes papers assessing the role of national and international legislation with further distinction being made between bilateral, regional and multilateral legal frameworks. The second part addresses regulatory issues