[20030902]RS20448_WTO中的外国投资问题.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20448Updated September 2, 2003Foreign Investment Issues in the WTOJames K. JacksonSpecialist in International Trade and FinanceForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryNegotiators remain deeply divided over efforts to develop a framework fordiscussing foreign investment issues for the World Trade Organizations (WTO) FifthMinisterial meetingin Cancun in September, 2003. Members had agreed at the FourthMinisterial at Doha that foreign investment would not be a part of the formalnegotiations at Cancun, but that foreign investment issues and a framework fornegotiating those issues would be agreed upon at Cancun so that negotiations couldbegin. The Doha Declaration also established January 1, 2005 as the deadline forcompleting those negotiations. One stated purpose of the negotiations is to develop amultilateral framework of rules on investment to secure “transparent, stable, andpredictable”conditionsforforeigninvestment. U.S.negotiatorsarepushingtoachievea number of broad objectives on foreign investment that are specified in the Trade Actof 2002 (P.L. 107-210