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Golden Gate University School of Law

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

2010

Sustainable development

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An Environmental Remedy To Paralyzed Negotiations For A Multilateral Foreign Direct Investment Agreement, Benjamin Martin Aug 2010

An Environmental Remedy To Paralyzed Negotiations For A Multilateral Foreign Direct Investment Agreement, Benjamin Martin

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal

Section I of this comment defines FDI and outlines the environmental implications on capital-receiving nations. Section II discusses bilateral investment treaties’ (BITs’) potential contributions to comprehensive multilateral investment system and surveys failed negotiation attempts for a global set of investment rules. Section III expounds the framework outlined in this introduction, with section IV dedicated to explaining parties’ incentives to enter into this mode of negotiations.