Investment as Intervention: How Interregional and Bilateral Investment Treaties Are Undermining the Sovereignty of Developing Countries

Investment as Intervention: How Interregional and Bilateral Investment Treaties Are Undermining the Sovereignty of Developing Countries

Interregional & bilateral agreements regarding free-trade & investor protection are not sound developmental alternatives to WTO. The treaties offered by the EU & the US enhance mostly the rights of transnational companies & investors. Through international arbitration panels they can...

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Veröffentlicht in:Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft = International politics and society 2005-01 (1), p.121-141
1. Verfasser: Mahnkopf, Birgit
Format: Artikel
Sprache:ger
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Decision Making
Developing Countries
European Union
International Organizations
Investment
Multinational Corporations
Sovereignty
United States of America
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Zusammenfassung:Interregional & bilateral agreements regarding free-trade & investor protection are not sound developmental alternatives to WTO. The treaties offered by the EU & the US enhance mostly the rights of transnational companies & investors. Through international arbitration panels they can cancel political decisions made by elected governments. 31 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0945-2419