Agreement on Investment, Government of India

Agreement on Investment and Free on Arab Movement of Arab Capital among Arab Economic

In the OECD, negotiations began in 1995 on a Multilateral Agreement on Investment, with a view to reaching agreement in May 1997.

A multilateral investment agreement was thus not necessary at this time.

9. In the area of bilateral relations with the Republic of South Africa, Argentina has signed a framework agreement on drug addiction and trafficking and an agreement on reciprocal investment promotion and protection.

A desirable multilateral investment agreement could play a significant role in supporting such initiatives.

We were also alerted to the fact that business may not always be at one on something like a multilateral investment agreement.

Those proposals relate to the WTO waiver, Enabling Clause, Agreement on Trade Related Investment Measures and the Decision on Measures in Favour of Least Developed Countries.

We have heard well stated arguments for and against the question of whether a multilateral investment agreement should come now or whether we should allow for an organic development, emerging out of the many existing agreements and, obviously, taking into account the critical position that an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development multilateral investment agreement would occupy when they reach agreement on it.

The use of mandatory requirements related to R D and technology transfer is not prohibited by the WTO Agreement on Trade related Investment Measures, but has become increasingly restricted in various bilateral trade and investment agreements.

All substantial projects involving foreign investment should have local resource development as part of the contractual agreement.

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was adopted in 1994 and is the first trade agreement to cover investment in services.44 It provides a legal framework for trade in services, defined to cover a range of areas, including investment, financial services, communications, transportation, education, energy, water and movement of persons.

quot The Multilateral Investment Agreement should provide a wide multilateral structure for international investments, with high standards for the liberalization of investment regimes and investment protection, and containing effective procedures for the settlement of lawsuits quot .

Successor Agreement to the International Agreement on

Investment promotion The Advisory Service on Investment and Training (ASIT)

With regard to a multilateral agreement on investment (MAI), corporate rights and the freedom to invest must be balanced with responsibility towards employees, customers and local governments.

7. There was general agreement that the increasing number of bilateral investment treaties has resulted from the recognition of the positive role that foreign investment can play in economic development.

7. There was general agreement that the increasing number of bilateral investment treaties has resulted from the recognition of the positive role that foreign investment can play in economic development.

9. From a developing country apos s perspective, the ultimate test of any investment agreement is its development friendliness.

9. From a developing country apos s perspective, the ultimate test of any investment agreement is its development friendliness.

Commission on Investment, Technology

Agreement was reached on the launching of negotiations regarding the question of trade concessions, one of the four questions which were left, by agreement, outside the scope of the Doha Programme of Action investment, competition, trade and environment and trade concessions.

The agreement aims at strengthening the complementarity between the two organizations by focusing on science and technology, investment promotion and enterprise development, especially small and medium sized enterprises.

During the past decade, the number of international investment agreement (IIAs) among developing countries increased substantially, both in number and in geographical coverage, pointing to growing South South cooperation in investment.

10. At no stage in the preparation of the Agreement was any reference made to previous nationalization. That is recorded in the OECD information note of March 1997 concerning the development of the Agreement quot Rapid progress has been made in drafting the provisions of the Agreement on investment protection.

Hearings on possible multilateral framework on investment

Developing country governments have also increased the number of concluded bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and double taxation agreements and, more recently, bilateral and regional free trade and investment agreements. (Examples are the ASEAN Investment Area Agreement and the South Asia Free Trade Area.

Participants also noted that, while there are several subregional investment arrangements in Africa, no continent wide investment agreement exists, in the framework of which African countries deal with investment agreements issues, analyse the issues involved in greater depth and identify their own interests.

Commission on Investment, Technology and

Agreement on Arab Economic

Agreement on New Caledonia

(e) Greater reliance on investment income

Declaration on International Investment Binding non

First and foremost, there must be agreement among policy makers that disaster reduction was an investment in the protection of national assets.

The recommendations of the meeting on implementation of the Agreement held at the Headquarters of the League Secretariat on 12 January 2005, organized by the Inter Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation in cooperation with the League Secretariat,

No multilateral investment agreement will be able to address all of the institutional problems and market failures that prevent capital from flowing to developing countries. Some economists point to imperfect information, which precludes companies from considering the higher returns on investment available in the developing world.

In his view, one of the most interesting issues discussed at the Expert Meeting on Existing Agreements on Investment and their Development Dimensions (which was not reflected in its report) was the linkages between the obligations of the OECD countries emanating from the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the commitments the same countries had undertaken in the WTO.

3. Developments in international investment interaction between investment and trade and its impact on development

Investment promotion strategies focus on three main elements the country, the investor and the investment.

3. Developments in international investment interaction between investment and trade and its impact on development.

There was also agreement regarding the role that trade liberalization and open investment policies could play in creating contestable markets conducive to competition.

1989 Article entitled quot The Agreement establishing the Multilateral Investment Guarantee some legal issues quot , West Indian law journal, vol. 11, October 1987.

(i) Agreement on Space Cooperation

Provisional Agreement on Children Returnees

and agreement on its modalities