Title: Friends of the Earth - Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI)

Source/Sponsoring Agency: Friends of the Earth

URL: http://www.foe.org/ga/mai.html

Date Checked: 9/29/98      Status: Active

Date Annotated: 2/25/98

Topics: Economics

Other keywords: International trade; commercial law; environmental law; foreign law; employment law

Contents: The environmental group Friends the Earth give their analysis of the pending Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), with ten reasons to oppose the MAI, fact sheets, material on conflict of laws, including an extensive global list of national laws which would be violated by adherence to the MAI, and summaries of foreign investment and employment regulations in force which are not in accordance with the MAI (e.g. NAFTA and APEC).

Author of Annotation: Anne Carson