LEADER 05635nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910452737603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a981-4390-84-4 010 $a1-299-13319-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001006241 035 $a(EBL)1126834 035 $a(OCoLC)828792776 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000822436 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11474367 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822436 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10775638 035 $a(PQKB)11347095 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1126834 035 $a(WSP)00002893 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1126834 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10656087 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL444569 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001006241 100 $a20120820d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcuu|||uu||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aRegulations of foreign investment$b[electronic resource] $echallenges to international harmonization /$feditors, Zdenek Drabek, Petros C. Mavroidis 210 $aNew Jersey $cWorld Scientific$dc2013 215 $a1 online resource (510 p.) 225 1 $aWorld scientific studies in international economics,$x1793-3641 ;$vv. 21 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4390-83-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction Zdenek Drabek and Petros C Mavroidis; Findings; 1 Regulation of Investment in the Trade Re?gime: 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 327 $aReferences 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 327 $aReal 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 327 $a4.3. 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 327 $a3. 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 327 $a4 Labor Standards and Human Rights: Implications for International Trade and Investment Drusilla K Brown, Alan V Deardorff and Robert M Stern 330 $aThe main aim of this book is to assess the importance of international rules for foreign direct investment and the major challenges to international harmonization of those rules. Particular attention is paid to the most controversial and contentious issues with the view of appraising the prospects for establishing global rules. The book is divided into three parts; the first part includes papers assessing the role of national and international legislation with further distinction being made between bilateral, regional and multilateral legal frameworks. The second part addresses regulatory issues 410 0$aWorld scientific studies in international economics ;$vv. 21. 606 $aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aInvestments, Foreign$xLaw and legislation. 676 $a346/.092 701 $aDrabek$b Zdenek$0966634 701 $aMavroidis$b Petros C$0257272 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452737603321 996 $aRegulations of foreign investment$92193747 997 $aUNINA