Multilateral investment disciplines: Don't forget the GATS!

In discussions about the need for, and possible role of, a multilateral framework for investment, existing obligations under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) are seldom acknowledged. However, some two-thirds of the world's FDI stock are in services and, thus, potentially subject to the GATS which, in addition to MFN clauses in BITs, operates as an external "multilateralizer" of trade and investment conditions in services.

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Adlung, Rudolf
Publisher:	New York, NY : Columbia University, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment (VCC)

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Series:	Columbia FDI Perspectives ; 117
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Research Report
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/253951 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:colfdi:117 [RePEc]
Source:	EconStor

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