Investment Rules In Trade Agreements: Developments And Issues In Light Of The TTIP Debate

EU foreign direct investment (FDI) stocks in the US amount to €1,651.6bn, and US FDI stocks in the EU to €1,685.5bn. Investment access and protection is critical to EU-US economic relations. Criticisms have been made on both sides of the Atlantic regarding the interpretation of some investment rules in free trade agreements (FTAs) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs), and their impact on the regulatory capacity of states. Both the US and the EU are revising these rules to ensure they are correctly interpreted.

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European Parliament: Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union: Publications available via the EU Bookshop http://bookshop.europa.eu/en/directorate-general-for-internal-policies-of-the-union-cbf.cKABstF7wAAAEjwYYY4e5K/

EP: EPRS: In-Depth Analysis, September 2015: Investment Rules In Trade Agreements: Developments And Issues In Light Of The TTIP Debate http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2015/568333/EPRS_IDA(2015)568333_EN.pdf

ESO: Key Source: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-ttip/

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