U.S. International Investment Agreements

U.S. International Investment Agreements is the definitive interpretative guide to the United States' bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and free trade agreements (FTAs) with investment chapters. Providing an authoritative look at the development of the BIT program, treatment provisions, expropriation, and other provisions, Kenneth J. Vandevelde draws on his years of investment treaty and agreement expertise as both a former practitioner and a scholar. This unique and well-organized book analyzes the development of U.S. international investment agreement language and strategy within their historical context. It also explains the newest changes to the model negotiating text (US Model BIT 2004) and additional treaties.INTRODUCTION; INVESTMENT TREATIES IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BIT PROGRAM; THE SCOPE OF BIT PROTECTIONS; THE GENERAL TREATMENT PROVISIONS; THE SPECIFIC TREATMENT PROVISIONS; THE EXPROPRIATION PROVISION; THE CURRENCY TRANSFERS PROVISION; THE INVESTOR-STATE DISPUTES PROVISION; THE STATE-STATE DISPUTES PROVISION; OTHER STANDARD PROVISIONS; SPECIAL PROVISIONS