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Labor provisions in bilateral investment treaties: Does the new US Model BIT provide a template for the future?

Prislan, Vid; Zandvliet, Ruben

Unlike its trade-counterpart, the relationship between international investment law and labor standards has neither resulted in much treaty practice nor attracted extensive scholarly attention. The 2004 US Model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) was among the first to devote a full article to labor standards (Article 13). The revised US Model BIT, published in May 2012, updates and expands this provision.

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Academic Units
Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
Publisher
Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment
Series
Columbia FDI Perspectives, 92
Published Here
April 5, 2013