In an earlier era, treaties of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (FCNs) were the primary international law mechanism through which the U.S. government sought to promote and protect foreign investment. Conventional wisdom holds that FCNs are of only limited historical interest, having been...

Neither of the major negotiations underway in the Asia-Pacific region, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, includes both China and the United States. By failing to connect these economies, these agreements would leave much of the economic and...

With much fanfare, the United States and China have recently begun negotiating a high level Bilateral Investment Trade (BIT) that is intended to significantly increase reciprocal flows of capital investment in both countries. This capital can be used in invest in or acquire existing companies in...

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is a controversial subject, but at the same time it is perceived to be the most comprehensive international agreement on free trade and investment protection. Among the topics that evoke criticism on the part of different social groups is...

Comments on key rules and principles of: (1) the Jordan-United States Bilateral Investment Treaty 1997, including those concerning most favoured nation treatment, free transfer of profits, the settlement of disputes, and qualifying industrial zones; and (2) the Jordan-United States Free Trade...

The purpose of this paper is to explore discrepancies between transfer provisions in the US model BIT, employed as a working text in the ongoing China-USA BIT negotiations, and relevant Articles of the Agreement of the IMF, to which both China and the USA are signatories, with a view to advising...