Brazil and the new generation of Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements: an analisys of the Treaty with Mexico

Authors

  • Luciana Ghiotto FLACSO/RRII
  • Alberto Arroyo Picard UAM-Iztapalapa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e001

Keywords:

Acuerdo de Cooperación y Facilitación de las Inversiones, Brasil, México, TBI, inversiones

Abstract

This article analyses the Agreement on Cooperation and Facilitation of
Investments signed between Brazil and Mexico in 2015. We develop a comparison
between this Agreement and the standard clauses of Bilateral Investment Treaties
(BIT). It is stated that the ACFI belongs to the new generation of investment agreements.
But even if these new agreements present some novelties, they still contain
clauses that are similar to those that are present in BITs, such as National Treatment
and Most Favoured Nation clauses; also, they present no obligations for investors
and their investments. We emphasize the special characteristics of the dispute
settlement mechanism proposed.

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Author Biographies

Luciana Ghiotto, FLACSO/RRII

Doctora en Ciencias Sociales (UBA). Investigadora de FLACSO/RRII.

Se especializa en temáticas de relaciones económicas internacionales, con énfasis en el proceso de liberalización comercial y del sector de inversiones. Fue asesora externa de la Comisión de Auditoría Integral de los Tratados de Inversión y del Sistema de Arbitraje (CAITISA) del Ecuador.

Alberto Arroyo Picard, UAM-Iztapalapa

Maestro en Sociología, con estudios de doctorado en Ciencias Sociales. Investigador titular C de la UAM, México. Miembro comisionado de la Comisión para la Auditoría Integral Ciudadana de los Tratados de Inversiones y del Sistema de Arbitraje (CAITISA), Ecuador.

Published

2017-07-04

How to Cite

Ghiotto, L., & Arroyo Picard, A. (2017). Brazil and the new generation of Cooperation and Facilitation Investment Agreements: an analisys of the Treaty with Mexico. International Relations, 26(52), 001. https://doi.org/10.24215/23142766e001

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Estudios