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The Negotiations Of The United Nations Code Of Conduct On Transnational Corporations: Experience And Lessons Learned, Karl P. Sauvant
The Negotiations Of The United Nations Code Of Conduct On Transnational Corporations: Experience And Lessons Learned, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Many of the issues that are today part of the discussions surrounding international investment agreements were first dealt with when governments sought to negotiate a United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations (and various related instruments) almost 40 years ago. The Code was meant to establish a multilateral framework to define, in a balanced manner, the rights and responsibilities of transnational corporations and host country governments in their relations with each other. This article looks at the origins of these negotiations, the underlying interest situations of the participating country groups, the experience of related negotiations, the actual negotiations of …
Reservoirs Of The Future, Karl P. Sauvant
Reservoirs Of The Future, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Foreign direct investment (FDI) flows could be considerably higher than they are currently. This article looks at the various reservoirs from which additional FDI flows cold come from in the future.