CETA: Investment and the right to regulate
At a Glance
08-02-2017
Under international public law, states can be asked to compensate investors whenever regulatory measures become expropriation measures or violate standards of treatment, such as the 'fair and equitable treatment of investors' obligation. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) takes a relatively restrictive approach to these investor rights.
At a Glance
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- America
- bilateral agreement
- Canada
- economic analysis
- economic geography
- ECONOMICS
- EU Member State
- executive power and public service
- FINANCE
- financing and investment
- foreign investment
- GEOGRAPHY
- international affairs
- international commercial arbitration
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international trade
- political geography
- POLITICS
- ratification of an agreement
- regulation of investments
- regulatory policy
- signature of an agreement
- statistics
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- trade agreement