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Foreign Investment Issues in the WTO (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Sept. 2, 2003
Report Number RS20448
Report Type Report
Authors James K. Jackson, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Foreign investment issues were expected by many to be one of a number of divisive issues to arise at the World Trade Organizations' (WTO's) December 1999 Ministerial meeting in Seattle. Although investment issues were not on the formal agenda, a number of countries and groups, including the European Union, pushed to have the WTO commit itself to address investment issues in any future round of trade talks. Absent a broad multilateral agreement, nations likely will continue liberalizing foreign investment restrictions in competition with other countries or through bilateral investment treaties.