Karl P. Sauvant, “A Multilateral Investment Facilitation Agreement Can Help Advancing Development”, East Asia Forum, 2 May 2021.
Abstract
The article briefly outlines the status of the negotiations of a WTO Investment Facilitation Framework for Development and discusses how its development dimension can be strengthened.
Karl P. Sauvant and Rajesh Aggarwal, “Impasse at the WTO on Investment Facilitation—the Way Forward”, International Economic Law and Policy Blog, 5 June 2026. Abstract At the March 2026 WTO Ministerial, India blocked the adoption of the Investment...
Karl P. Sauvant, “Facilitating FDI: India Should Support the WTO Investment Agreement”, East Asia Forum Quarterly, vol. 16 (April-June 2024), pp. 31-33, reprinted in the East Asia Forum, 1 August 2024. Abstract This brief article lays out why India should support the...
Karl P. Sauvant, “The New WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement”, Columbia FDI Perspectives, no. 363 (7 August 2023); also available here in Chinese. Abstract This short text deals with the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement, the text...