Foreign Direct Investment for Development: The United Nations Code of Conduct and the Search for Balance in International Investment Rules

Sauvant, Karl P.

Foreign Direct Investment for Development: The United Nations Code of Conduct and the Search for Balance in International Investment Rules

in Todd Weiler and Freya Baetens, eds., New Directions in International Economic Law: In Memoriam Thomas Waelde (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011), pp. 179-198

21 Pages Posted: 9 Mar 2018

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Karl P. Sauvant

Columbia University

Date Written: 2011

Abstract

This chapter looks at the considerations that shaped the negotiations of a United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations and at the search for balance in international investment rules, considerations that have since then continued to inform efforts to establish an international investment framework. These considerations include the interests of the stakeholders, the changing focus of international investment rules, the responsibilities of MNEs and the rights of governments, the responsibilities of host countries, and the rights of investors.

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Sauvant, Karl P., Foreign Direct Investment for Development: The United Nations Code of Conduct and the Search for Balance in International Investment Rules (2011). in Todd Weiler and Freya Baetens, eds., New Directions in International Economic Law: In Memoriam Thomas Waelde (Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff, 2011), pp. 179-198, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3133820