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Introduction Introduction
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Investment promotion Investment promotion
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BITs and the prisoner’s dilemma BITs and the prisoner’s dilemma
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Network effects Network effects
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A careful and strategic competition for capital? A careful and strategic competition for capital?
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Investment treaties and domestic reforms Investment treaties and domestic reforms
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Liberalization Liberalization
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Post-establishment treatment and protection Post-establishment treatment and protection
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Investment treaties and diplomacy Investment treaties and diplomacy
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The role of expertise The role of expertise
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Recent developments Recent developments
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Responding to investment treaty arbitration Responding to investment treaty arbitration
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Protecting outward investments Protecting outward investments
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From BITs to broader trade and investment agreements From BITs to broader trade and investment agreements
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Conclusion Conclusion
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8 Politics of Investment Treaties in Developing Countries
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Published:July 2017
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Abstract
This chapter addresses the puzzle of why developing countries have so enthusiastically embraced investment treaties. For while investment treaties are formally reciprocal, foreign investment between developed and developing countries has traditionally flowed primarily from the former to the latter. It evaluates three potential explanations for why developing countries adopted the treaties—(i) investment promotion; (ii) promoting or tying in domestic reforms; and (iii) diplomatic and symbolic reasons. We then examine an important cross-cutting issue: the role of expertise. Regardless of the objectives that developing countries sought to achieve by adopting investment treaties, many failed to appreciate the risks and implications of the treaties. The chapter concludes by examining recent developments—including the newfound role of some developing countries as seeking rights for ‘their’ investors abroad.
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