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The Argentine Foreign Investment Law And Its Andean Common Market Inspiration, Robert Y. Stebbings
The Argentine Foreign Investment Law And Its Andean Common Market Inspiration, Robert Y. Stebbings
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Back in power after nearly twenty years of forced exile, the government of Juan Domingo Per6n fulfilled one of its most popularly acclaimed promises. Following a prolonged emotion-charged journey through the first Congress since the dissolution of that body in 1966, Argentina's new Foreign Investment Law (the "Law") became effective in December 1973. Law No. 20.577 regulates foreign direct investments, foreign credits and contracts involving payments abroad. Appearing almost simultaneously, Law No.20.575 requires registration with the government of all persons or entities who carry out any activity related to Argentina on behalf of foreign interests. The Foreign Investment Law was …