or stumbling block towards regional or global economic integration. The current negotiations involve Australia, Brunei …

. The topic has become particularly controversial for Australia, given its ongoing Free Trade Agreement negotiations with … Japan – which is also considering joining negotiations underway among Australia and 10 other states (including the US) for … an expanded Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. Both Japan and Australia have almost always included ISA protections in …

Our aim in this paper is to briefly analyse Australia's investment policy, particularly in relation to investor state … final reports released by the Australian Productivity Commission which significantly influenced Australia's 2011 Policy … rather seeks to balance the goal of maximising FDI and fostering long term trade relations against Australia's need to …