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INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Foreign Trade
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

International investment agreements are state-to-state treaties that aim to promote foreign investment by protecting foreign investors against host country policy interventions. The agreements typically require host countries to compensate investors in case of direct expropriation or for measures with similar effects, and they contain a range of other substantive provisions.

OBS

International investment agreements (IIAs) are divided into two types: (1) bilateral investment treaties and (2) treaties with investment provisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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