If you need help with research in the field of international investment law, visit the Research Help site of the Georgetown University Law Library. Or contact the International and Foreign Law Department of the Legal Library by phone (202-662-4195) or by e-mail (lawintlref@georgetown.edu). Georgetown Law Center students can arrange an individual consultation with a librarian. In this context, it is important for policymakers to take stock of trade strategies under development and improve trade and investment policy coherence. Trade agreements increasingly include investment provisions and address a wider range of policy issues that also affect corporate strategies, including competition policy, state intervention, taxation and subsidies, financial flows, exchange rates, protection of intellectual property rights, the free flow of experts and data flows. Such an approach allows for greater policy coherence within trade agreements. Learn more about Canada`s trade and investment agreements: types of contracts and how trade and investment agreements are gradually evolving. Beyond trade and investment, our work also highlights the growing importance of strategic partnerships. These may take the form of non-contract-based cross-border capital relationships (e.g.B. Licensing, order manufacturing, outsourcing of services, management contracts, R&D agreements, integrated product offerings, joint ventures and strategic alliances) are carried out.
These partnerships are not always well covered by international trade and investment disciplines. In addition, the evidence points to a number of reasons why companies operate ID in global value chains, from skills development and access to knowledge, risk reduction and diversification of their operations, to name a few. The question also arises as to how IEDI`s policy can cope with this diversity of objectives.