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This paper discusses the issue of technology transfer in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs) and is divided into four main sections. The first section is an explanation of the...

In the past four decades, national and international legal policies and rules concerning foreign direct investment (FDI) have repeatedly changed. This paper provides an overview of the developments in...

This publication considers the factors that contributed to the decision of the members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development to discontinue the negotiations on the Multilateral...

This study addresses implications of Uruguay Round trade agreements for international trade in environmentally sound technology and related products. It introduces major aspects and trends of the...

This is an analysis of the Uruguay Round trade agreements and their implications for medical device manufacturers and exporters in developing countries. It gives an overview of international trade...

This paper examines the topic of transnational bribery in the context of international investment agreements (IIAs), as well as other international instruments that address issues related to the...

Most international negotiations on foreign direct investment focus on issues involving the paired relationship between transnational corporations and host countries. This publication discusses the...

The importance of foreign direct investment for development has dramatically increased in recent years. This concise study offers balanced and easily accessible analysis of the issues involved...

This guide presents a market survey on agricultural products, food and beverages in South Africa. It reviews the overall economic situation; multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements; trade...

This publication presents a market survey on groundnuts in the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, with particular reference to phytosanitary measures and prevention of aflatoxin contamination...

This handbook focuses on drawing up strategies to promote and develop information technology services exports from developing countries. It describes information technology (IT) services having...

This publication provides guidelines on the application of ISO 9000 concepts and the creation of a quality assurance system in small service enterprises. It includes a series of questions and...

This report has been written at a moment when the international trade in textiles and clothing is being reshaped after the conclusion of the lengthy Uruguay Round Negotiations at the end of 1993. Once...

This study on trade and foreign investment opportunities in Romania, aimed at developing countries, outlines the country's economic situation and legal issues of interest to investors. It covers...

Despite ongoing change in the coffee world, the traditional challenges of product knowledge, respect for quality, and impeccable contract execution remain absolutely essential for today’s exporters....

Investment-related trade measures help shape the attractiveness of the investment climate by altering trade conditions associated with a given country or region. This concise study offers balanced and...

Investment agreements must specify not only their geographical and temporal coverage but, and most importantly, their subject-matter coverage, which is done primarily through the provisions on...

Transfer pricing methods raise important and contentious policy questions for both host and home governments, as well as transnational corporations, as they directly affect the amount of profit...

The legal and policy options surrounding the admission and establishment of foreign direct investment by transnational corporations into host countries, is a topic that raises questions central to...

The most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN) standard is a core element of international investment agreements, it gives investors a guarantee against certain forms of discrimination by host countries...