上海对外经贸大学法学院国际投资法英文课件 BITs.pptVIP

Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) Topics Reasons for BITs Roles of BITs Categories of BITs Features of BITs New Concerns in BITs Reasons for BITs The sudden spurt of treaties in the 1990s Unsuccessful attempts at multilateral treaties Preference to BITs ad hoc basis the ability to give rise to general principles is remote suit mutual interest of parties set out definite rules that prevails over domestic law Roles of BITs At first, to promote national treatment and protection for overseas investors in early 1980s Then, addressing both protection and access to each ot