I.INTRODUCTION The United States faces unprecedented challenges with regard to current negotiations of BITs〔1〕and investment chapters in free trade agreements.The Obama Administration,recently with the participation...I.INTRODUCTION The United States faces unprecedented challenges with regard to current negotiations of BITs〔1〕and investment chapters in free trade agreements.The Obama Administration,recently with the participation of Canada,has entered the fourth year of Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)negotiations and has initiated what will be difficult and complex negotiations of a“Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership”(TTIP)with the European Union.〔2〕Both of these are to contain investment protection chapters,some provisions of which will be hotly contested.展开更多
文摘I.INTRODUCTION The United States faces unprecedented challenges with regard to current negotiations of BITs〔1〕and investment chapters in free trade agreements.The Obama Administration,recently with the participation of Canada,has entered the fourth year of Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)negotiations and has initiated what will be difficult and complex negotiations of a“Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership”(TTIP)with the European Union.〔2〕Both of these are to contain investment protection chapters,some provisions of which will be hotly contested.
