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Tables of Contents for The Multilateral Investment System and Multinational Enterprises
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
xii
List of Tables
xiii
List of Boxes
xv
List of Appendices
xvi
Abbreviations
xvii
Introduction
1
10
Part I Context
Multinational Enterprises and Foreign Direct Investment Policy: Theory and Issues
11
28
The Nature of the Multinational Enterprise
11
4
The Economics of Multinational Firms and Foreign Direct Investment
15
3
Public Policy and the Multinational Enterprise: Rationales for International Agreements
18
5
The Present International Framework for Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise
23
16
Foreign Direct Investment and the World Economy: A Historical Overview
39
26
Influences on the Growth of FDI and the MNE
39
3
The Economic and Political Environment in the Post-War Years
42
2
Trade and Trade Policy
44
3
Capital Controls, Foreign Exchange Controls, and the Balance of Payments
47
3
Technology and Technology Policy
50
2
Foreign Direct Investment Policies
52
3
Patterns of Foreign Direct Investment
55
10
Part II Evolution of the System
Inauguration: The Demise of the ITO and the Rise of Bilateral Treaties (Mid-1940s---Late 1960s)
65
21
International Trade Organization (ITO)
66
3
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
69
1
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
70
1
World Bank
71
2
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
73
1
Bilateral Treaties
74
4
Other Agreements
78
1
Conclusion
79
7
Control: Codes and the Obligations of Multinational Enterprises (Late 1960s---Early 1980s)
86
26
Overview of the Period
86
6
Policies at the International Level
92
4
Policy at National, Bilateral, and Regional Levels
96
9
Conclusion
105
7
Liberalization: National and Regional Policy Changes and the Creation of the WTO (Early 1980s---Mid-1990s)
112
26
Introduction
112
1
Liberalization at the National Level
113
4
Regional Integration and Investment Issues
117
4
GATT Uruguay Round Negotiations and the Establishment of the WTO
121
10
Conclusion
131
7
Expansion: Multilateral, Regional, and Sectoral Developments (Late 1990s)
138
21
Introduction
138
1
Investment Issues at the WTO
139
8
The Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) at the OECD
147
2
Regional Developments
149
2
Investment Protection: Political Risk Insurance Programmes
151
1
Conclusion
152
7
Part III Policy Problems
Policy Interactions: Regional and Multilateral Arrangements
159
25
An Overview of Regional-Level Arrangements
159
11
Regional Agreements: Building Blocks or Stumbling Blocks?
170
6
Conclusion
176
8
Policy Linkages: Investment, Trade, and Technology Transfer
184
25
Introduction
184
1
Investment-Trade Relationships
185
11
Technology and Intellectual Property
196
11
Conclusion
207
2
Policy Linkages: Competition Policy
209
25
Introduction
209
1
Competition Policy and the Problems of the Multinational Enterprise
209
4
Competition Policy Interrelationships and Coverage
213
4
Anti-dumping and Competition Policy
217
4
Competition Policies at National, Bilateral, and Regional Level
221
4
Competition Policy Developments at the International Level
225
3
The Future for International Competition Policy
228
2
Conclusion
230
4
Policy Dilemmas: Developing Countries
234
21
Introduction and Background Issues
234
3
The Economic Impact of MNEs in Developing Countries
237
5
Investment and Trade Policies in Developing Countries
242
8
Conclusion
250
5
Part IV Implications
Current and Future Challenges
255
20
Introduction
255
1
The Shifting Policy Pendulum
255
5
Policy Issues
260
7
Politics
267
5
Conclusion
272
3
Afterword to the Paperback Edition
275
12
References
287
12
Index
299