2018•SSRN Electronic JournalOpen access

International Investment Facilitation: By Whom and for What?

Karl P. Sauvant

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This speech begins with a very brief discussion of the inter-relationship between trade and FDI and the beginning discussions of investment facilitation in the WTO, before focusing on two questions concerning the scope of a possible Investment Facilitation Agreement, namely investment facilitation by whom and investment facilitation for what. Attached is also an op ed based this presentation.

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Key concepts: Facilitation, Trade facilitation, Investment (military), Scope (computer science), Foreign direct investment, Presentation (obstetrics), Open-ended investment company, Business