expropriation of shares

• A Strong Performer

...Further, since April 1 2005, shares of companies (and/or units of investment funds) ho... institution or in the course of an expropriation, land amalgamation, re-allotment of land or rectif...

• Mondaq Business Briefing
• Switzerland Law Articles in English

• Swiss-Us Foreign Investments: The 'Bedrock' of Any Free Trade Agreement

Any Swiss-US free trade agreement should have an investment chapter because bilateral foreign investment is the bedrock of Swiss-US commercial relations. A closer look at investment policies and other issues relevant for investors reveals the value-added of an investment chapter. The mutual benefits of an investment chapter flow from high standards of investment protection, a standstill in discrimination at the sub-federal level, and zero tariffs on imports. Investment protection would be improved by access to the international investor-to-state dispute settlement system of ICSID. An appellate mechanism for this dispute settlement system would not be necessary. An investment chapter and investment-related disciplines with high standards would bring positive welfare effects for both econ...

... payments for direct or indirect expropriation). This makes ICSID attractive for both the investo...Direct investors have large shares of the recorded trade volumes because of transacti...

• Aussenwirtschaft; Zeitschrift für internationale Wirtshaftsbeziehungen
• Vol. 61 Num. 2, Mars 2006