This book explores the ways that trade and investment treaties constrain domestic policy making. It draws a common thread through trade- and investment-related areas to show how the promises of the current international legal regime have not come to fruition and to offer new options for countries negotiating new treaties.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1. Constraining Policy Space: How Global Trade Rules Conflict with National Development Goals; 2. Modern Trade Agreements, Industrial Policy and Development Sovereignty; 3. Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property, Investment Rules and Access to Medicines; 4. Land Grabs, Land Governance and International Investment Commitments; 5. Capital Flow Regulation and Trade Agreements: An Empirical Investigation; 6. The Emerging Role of International Investment Agreements in Sovereign Debt Restructuring; 7. Trade and Investment Policy for Climate Change and the Energy Transition; 8. Conclusion: A Way Forward; References; Index.
