Canada’s Accession to the ICSID Convention and the 2006 Canada-Peru Bilateral Investment Treaty: New Protections and Opportunities for Investors
EL ARBITRAJE EN EL PERÚ Y EL MUNDO, LIMA, ARBITRAJE COMERCIAL Y ARBITRAJE DE INVERSIÓN SERIES, pp. 851-865, Carlos Alberto Soto Coaguila, ed., 2008
23 Pages Posted: 29 Apr 2010
Date Written: April 29, 2006
Abstract
This paper examines Canada’s accession the ICSID Convention. It also analyses the new bilateral investment treaty entered into in 2006 between Canada and Peru. Issues discussed in this paper include the national treatment clause, the minimum standard of treatment clause (fair and equitable treatment), the most favoured nation clause and the protection against expropriation.
Keywords: Bits, Investment, Treaties, ICSID, Canada, Peru, Arbitration
JEL Classification: K33
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