Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) – Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) was prepared by Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group of developed countries. Developed countries want to promote multilateral investment similar to multilateral trade. The objective of MIA is to standardize various provisions and bring it under the control of a multilateral institution with an effective dispute settlement mechanism. This would create a stable, predictable and transparent enabling frame work which would facilitate the growth of investment flows and their contribution to development. A comprehensive multilateral agreement would contribute more to increasing international investment flows. Multilateral investment agreement include the following:
(1) Measures relating to admission and establishment i.e. measures that effect entry and operations of foreign investors.
(2) Measures relating to ownership and control.
(3) Measures dealing with setting of appropriate standards of behaviours for investors and ensuring proper functioning of market.
(4) Measures dealing with elimination or reduction of non-business risks through provision on investment protection and settlement of disputes.
(5) Status of most favoured national treatment and national treatment to foreign investor.
Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) – Multilateral Investment Agreement (MIA) was prepared by Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a group of developed countries. Developed countries want to promote multilateral investment similar to multilateral trade. The objective of MIA is to standardize various provisions and bring it under the control of a multilateral institution with an effective dispute settlement mechanism. This would create a stable, predictable and transparent enabling frame work which would facilitate the growth of investment flows and their contribution to development. A comprehensive multilateral agreement would contribute more to increasing international investment flows. Multilateral investment agreement include the following:
(1) Measures relating to admission and establishment i.e. measures that effect entry and operations of foreign investors.
(2) Measures relating to ownership and control.
(3) Measures dealing with setting of appropriate standards of behaviours for investors and ensuring proper functioning of market.
(4) Measures dealing with elimination or reduction of non-business risks through provision on investment protection and settlement of disputes.
(5) Status of most favoured national treatment and national treatment to foreign investor.