This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is...

Until recently, quantitative assessments of International Investment Agreements (IIAs) have tended to treat them as interchangeable. Such assessments assume that the only measure of investor protections encoded in IIAs is whether a treaty had been signed and/or entered into force. However, the...

Trade policy often receives considerable attention, whether on the presidential campaign trail, at global economic summits, or during town-hall meetings. Indeed, the recent global economic crisis has intensified debate in the United States on the relative merits of keeping markets open to trade...