US BITs
The United States has historically managed a very active strategy of negotiating BITs with other countries. It works on the basis of a "model BIT" that is used systematically as the basis for talks with different governments.
US BITs are powerful agreements that not only cement commitments to provide the best treatment to US corporations operating abroad, but introduce substantial domestic policy shifts and political leverage for the US government in developing countries.
US BITs, like their FTAs, are tightly entwined with US foreign policy both in terms of objectives and enforcement.
last update: May 2012
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7-May-2012 USTR US Model BIT (2012)
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19-Mar-2008 USTR US-Rwanda BIT (2008)
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7-Apr-2006 USTR US-Uruguay BIT (2005)
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31-Aug-2005 Trade Compliance Center US-Slovak Republic BIT (2004)
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2-Jun-2005 TPPI Uruguay-EEUU (2004)
Tratado entre la Republica Oriental del Uruguay y los Estados Unidos de América relativo a la Promoción y Protección Recíproca de Inversiones 2004 108 pp -
23-Apr-2004 US-Ukraine BIT (1996)
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30-Mar-2004 Trade Compliance Center US-Czech BIT (2004)
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24-Mar-2004 US-Kazakhstan BIT (1994)
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24-Mar-2004 US-Kyrgyzstan BIT (1994)
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24-Mar-2004 US-Latvia BIT (1996)
Articles
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US bilateral investment incentive agreements (OPIC)
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is a US government agency that provides political risk insurance to private US investors abroad, operating under the aegis of bilateral investment incentive agreements with developing countries -
US BITs
From the US Trade Compliance Center -
US BITs programme
