Preface / Mavluda Sattorova

vii

About the Investment Treaty Forum

ix

Foreword / Anna Joubin-Bret

xi

1.

"The Regionalization of Investment Treaty Arrangements: Developments and Implications" / Hi-Taek Shin

1

2.

"An International Investment Policy Landscape in Transition: Challenges and Opportunities" / Hamed El-Kady

23

3.

"The Role of Preferential Trade Agreements in International Investment Policy" / Steve Woolcock

51

4.

"Towards a Free Flow of Investment: Is the ASEAN Making Progress?" / Myrna S. Austria

69

5.

"The Regulation of Investment in the TPP---Towards a Denning International Agreement for the Asia-Pacific region" / Julien Chaisse

103

6.

"Regional Integration and Foreign Direct Investment in COMESA" / Themba Munalula

147

7.

"The Invisible MTT: The Curious Case of the Agreement for the Promotion, Protection and Guarantee of Investments Among Member States of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference" / George Burn

173

8.

"Regional Investment Treaty Arrangements in the Caribbean: Developments and Implications" / Chantal Ononaiwu

193

9.

"Regionalization Trends and Foreign Investment in South America: the Implications of the ALBA and UNASUR Initiatives" / Jose Manuel Garcia Represa

219

10.

"The Evolving US Position on International Investment Protection and Its Impact on the US Position in the Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations" / James E. Mendenhall

249

11.

"Between Regional Harmonization and Global Fragmentation? The Variable Geometry and Geography of Investment Treaty Law through the Prism of Regulatory Flexibility Provisions" / Mavluda Sattorova

277

Author Biographies

307