Table of Contents

The documents in this database can be most easily accessed by consulting the following analytical table of contents. The documents have been organised according to the topics they dealt with and do not necessarily appear in chronological order.

Chronological developments can best be traced by referring to the agendas and summary records of the MAI Negotiating Group.

Document reference numbers relate to the relevant "Drafting Group" or "Expert Group" created to support the work by the "Negotiating Group".

The MAI Negotiations

• Introduction
• Launch of the Negotiations
• Main features of the Agreement
  -  Overview
  -  Liberalisation Obligations
  -  Investment Protection
  -  Dispute Settlement
• Specific Elements
  - Definitions and Treatment of Investor and Investment
  - Regional Economic Integration Organisations
  - Taxation
  - Financial Matters
  - Analytical Inventory of Investment Measures
  - Extraterritoriality
• Environment, Labour, Development and Cultural Issues
• Scope of Application
• Country Specific Reservations
• Accession of Non-Members
• The MAI and Existing OECD Instruments and
  International Agreements on Investment
• Institutional Matters: Implementation of the MAI
• Organising the Negotiations and Public Comments

MAI Draft Texts and Commentary

Status of the MAI Negotiations as of April 1998

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