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Over the past decades, national policies toward foreign direct investment (“FDI”) have been liberalized world-wide, reflecting a change in perceptions of the role of FDI in host countries’ development. At the same time, countries have often resorted to the use of performance requirements (frequently accompanied by incentives) in an attempt to channel and maximize the contribution of FDI to their development.
The views expressed in this article are personal and should not be attributed to the WTO or its Member States.
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de Sterlini, M.L. (2005). The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures. In: Macrory, P.F.J., Appleton, A.E., Plummer, M.G. (eds) The World Trade Organization: Legal, Economic and Political Analysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22688-5_10
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