Reviewing the Administration of Domestic Regulation in WTO and Investment Protection Law: The International Minimum Standard of Treatment of Aliens as "One Standard to Rule Them All"?
Article from: TDM 3 (2011), in Intersections: Dissemblance or Convergence between International Trade and Investment Law
Introduction
This article seeks to demonstrate how essentially the same minimum standards of treatment protecting foreign traders/investors are established by the World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trade regime on the one hand, and international investment law comprising of the web of international investment agreements (IIAs), and most notably the 2,676 concluded bilateral investment treaties (BITs), as well as Free-Trade Agreements containing provisions on investment, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), on the other. While trade and investment constitute indeed ...
