International Investment Agreements: Are Their Policy Aims Served By Their Broad Definitions of Covered “Investors” and “Investments”?

Authors

Lise Johnson, Columbia Law School, Columbia Center on Sustainable InvestmentFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2014

Abstract

With negotiation of “mega-treaties” such as the 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and investment treaties between the EU and other large economies such as Canada and the United States, international investment agreements (IIAs) are gaining fame and raising a host of important policy questions. Among those questions are who/what the treaties benefit and at what cost.

Disciplines

Dispute Resolution and Arbitration | International Law | Law | Securities Law

Recommended Citation

Lise Johnson, International Investment Agreements: Are Their Policy Aims Served By Their Broad Definitions of Covered “Investors” and “Investments”?, 15 EIBAzine – International Business Perspectives 13 (2014).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_investment_staffpubs/137