FDI Perspective No. 116: “The case for a framework agreement on investment,” by Gary Hufbauer and Sherry Stephenson.

Looking at a rear-view mirror, skeptics assert that efforts to create a plurilateral Investment Framework Agreement (IFA) are doomed. We argue that conditions on the ground have changed: in the 2010s, unlike the 1990s, many countries would welcome an IFA under WTO auspices.

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