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economies of the world. Thus, the approach of limiting investment protection by applying the minimum standard of customary …
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) are both slated to contain investor protections similar to those contained in the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). These measures, as included in NAFTA, allowed businesses to seek...
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The fair and equitable treatment (FET) standard has long been considered an indispensable part of international investment protection agreements and is often invoked in investor-state arbitration (ISA). Particularly after the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) came into effect in 1994,...
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This timely book examines international trade and investment law at various levels of governance, including unilateral, bilateral, regional, and multilateral arrangements. The author demonstrates that the nature of international trade law is fragmented and cyclical. Whilst not always...
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The adverse effect of international trade and investment agreements on the protection and enjoyment of human rights has been a growing concern among human rights NGOs and UN human rights bodies in recent years. Surprisingly, these concerns have not been translated into legal challenges to trade...
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structure international fiscal policy to plug these loopholes. But how should it do so? Will the fiscal sovereignty of states be … careful analysis of the ethical challenges raised by a world of tax competition, this book puts forward a normative and … on national sovereignty, in fact turns out to be a requirement of sovereignty in a global economy. The book closes with a …
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Taxation is a fundamental part of national sovereignty. The two dominant components of tax sovereignty are the ability … sovereignty are the right to determine tax rates, structures and the use of tax revenues. With a view to implementing of the WHO … decision was that prescriptive obligations were inappropriate and unacceptable, because they would infringe on tax sovereignty …
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On January 1, 1994, Canada, the United States and Mexico formed the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to promote their economic interests by lowering barriers to international trade and investment. A concern exists that national tax differences harm or inhibit cross-border investment...
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