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    The tension between the right of states to control FDI and the commitment to liberalise FDI under international investment instruments
    Erawaty, Elly ( 2004)
    This study explores the tension between the right of States to control foreign direct investment on one hand and the commitment to provide more favourable treatments to foreign investors on the other, under the circumstances of globalisation of free trade. It argues that the operation of this right has been immensely restricted by treaty and non-treaty based rules as found, in bilateral and multilateral investment instruments. In particular, the World Trade Organisation Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures has seriously restricted the right of (developing) States to control foreign direct investment and the behaviour of foreign firms. On the other hand, the existing bilateral and multilateral investment instruments require States to liberalise their foreign direct investment policies and these instruments also offer greater protection to foreign investors than did the customary international rule of States' responsibility for injuries to aliens. Given this fact, from the developing countries' perspective, a new multilateral investment treaty under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation undesirable. Nonetheless, if the pressure from economic globalisation is irresistible and the alternative to a new multilateral treaty is a push toward bilateral arrangements, then the idea of establishing such a treaty is in fact preferable. In this context, a prospective treaty would have to strike a balance between the right of States to control foreign direct investment and the commitment to liberalise foreign direct investment policies. To this effect, a new treaty would have to adopt development provisions, which give (developing) countries the flexibility to undertake obligations and commitments commensurate with their individual needs.