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(ii) Jurisprudence under investment treaties The considerable debate of NAFTA awards surrounding the relationship between the FET standard and IMS has also found a place within international investment agreements.... When investment treaties outside NAFTA expressly refer to international law, tribunals under these treaties obviously apply the equating approach in order to interpret the FET standard.... However, the jurisprudential doctrine of understanding the international law minimum standard has also been developed under international investment agreements....
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The paper "The Importance and Effectiveness of Foreign Direct investment" tells that it is the process whereby residents of one country (the source country) acquire ownership of assets for the purpose of controlling the production, distribution, and other activities of a firm in another country....
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This paper will thus look at fair and equitable treatment in that broader fashion.... The paper "fair and equitable treatment - Reality, Mirage or Dream" highlights that the concept of 'fair and equitable treatment' in investment treaties is largely illusory.... This paper looks at arbitration examples, investment treaties (especially BITs, or bilateral investment treaties), and specific case studies such as NAFTA, and concludes that the idea of a 'fair and equitable treatment' has not yet been achieved despite proclamations to the contrary....
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The latter case of International Thunderbird, therefore, took a different interpretative approach than the Pope tribunal, to the doctrine of fair and equitable treatment as articulated in NAFTA's Article 1105.... The principle of fair and equitable treatment, together with other clauses providing for most favoured nation treatment and protection against expropriation, functions together to provide significant protection and treatment of foreign investors and their investments....
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esearch QuestionThe research question is in the form of the following statement: Critically analyse the concept of 'fair and equitable treatment in investment treaties, taking into account recent investment treaty practice and arbitration cases.... Hence, the issue of fair and equitable treatment in international investment dealing is gaining momentum very rapidly.... his paper is developed through a literature review followed by an analysis phase which will critically evaluate the importance of fair and equitable treatment in relation to the recent trends of investment treaties and the different related arbitration cases....
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However, the tribunal ruled that the practice of fair and equitable treatment was violated by Argentina when it did the following: it changed the legal framework which was used as basis by National Grid in its investment; it did not negotiate with National Grid in the implementation of its measures and disposal of its investments; and when it requested for National Grid to abandon its legal remedies in relation to the renegotiation of its investment7.... The tribunal then decided that the violation of the fair and equitable standard only happened from the time National Grid asked to renounce its rights, and not from the time the emergency measures were implemented by Argentina8....
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This paper, fair and equitable treatment - Reality, Mirage or Dream, looks at arbitration examples, investment treaties, and specific case studies such as NAFTA, and concludes that the idea of a 'fair and equitable treatment' has not yet been achieved despite proclamations to the contrary.... According to the study, fair and equitable treatment are becoming more important these days.... What is quite troubling to see is the prevalent use of the concept of special laws to interpret treaties in favor of one party only – the investors....
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The paper "concept of fair and equitable treatment in investment treaties" provides a critical analysis of the application and interpretation of the doctrine of fair and equitable treatment by reference to recent foreign investment treaty practices and decisions by arbitrators.... The present research has identified that the principle of fair and equitable treatment occupies an important place under BITs and international foreign investment generally.... At its heart, the doctrine of fair and equitable treatment has as its main objective the assessment of host governments' obligations and treatment relative to foreign investors and their investments....
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