Table of Contents:
  • 1. Objectives of the MAI.
  • 2. Main outstanding substantive issues. A. Definition of investment.
  • B. National and most-favoured-nation treatment.
  • C. Subnational authorities.
  • D. The REIO clause.
  • E. Intellectual property.
  • F. Cultural exception.
  • G. Performance requirements.
  • H. Incentives.
  • I. Labour and environmental issues.
  • J. Right to regulate vs. regulatory takings.
  • K. Settlement of disputes.
  • L. Extraterritorial application of national laws and secondary investment boycotts.
  • M. Taxation.
  • 3. The broader political context.
  • Conclusions: lessons.