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Proposed New U.S. “Model” Bilateral Investment Treaty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 98 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 836 - 837
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2004

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References

1 For a listing of current U.S. BITs, see U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on U.S. Bilateral Investment Treaty Program (July 1, 2003), at <http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/fs/22422.htm>>Google Scholar .

2 See Bergmann, Mark S. Bilateral Investment Protection Treaties: An Examination of the Evolution and Significance of the U.S. Prototype Treaty, 16 N.Y.U.J. Int’l L. & Pol. 1 (1983)Google Scholar; Kunzer, Kathleen, Developing a Model Bilateral Investment Treaty, 15 L. & Pol’y Int’l Bus. 273 (1983)Google Scholar.

3 See Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act, 19 U.S.C. §3802(b)(3) (Supp. 2002)Google Scholar.

4 U.S. Dep’t of State, [Draft] Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment (Feb. 5, 2004), at <http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/29030.doc> .

5 For a brief discussion of these new standards as set forth in the U.S.–Chile free trade agreement, which are replicated in the model BIT, see Murphy, Sean D. Contemporary Practice of the United States, 97 AJIL 696 (2003)Google ScholarPubMed.

6 Subcommittee on Investment of the U.S. Dep’t of State Advisory Comm. on International Economic Policy (ACIEP), Report Regarding the Draft Model Bilateral Investment Treaty 2–3 (Jan. 30, 2004), at <http://www.ciel.org/Publications/BIT_SubcmteJan3004.pdf>>Google Scholar .