State-Owned Enterprises in Investor-State Dispute Settlement [3.3352]

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56754/2735-7236.2024.3352

Keywords:

United States-Canada-Mexico Agreement (USMCA), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP, TPP-11), Investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs)

Abstract

This essay examines whether state-owned enterprises (SOEs) qualify as investors under the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Author Biography

Franco Palavecino Muñoz, Asociado en Bulnes & Urrutia

Lawyer. LL.B. Universidad de Chile. LL.M. Candidate at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg.

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Published

2024-11-19

How to Cite

Palavecino Muñoz, Franco. “State-Owned Enterprises in Investor-State Dispute Settlement [3.3352]”. En Las Fronteras Del Derecho, vol. 3, Nov. 2024, doi:10.56754/2735-7236.2024.3352.

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Section

Research Notes and Essays