FET and Expropriation in the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA)
Article from: TDM 1 (2016), in Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA)
Abstract
From the outset it was clear that Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) and expropriation would figure among the substantive standards of Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA). However, the exact contours of these standards, which this article aims to analyze, remained uncertain. This article first highlights the problems raised by the expropriation standard but also the different approaches and changing requirements with respect to expropriation provisions in investment treaty practice; thus setting the background against which ...