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The unknown innovator : Switzerland and the beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime

Filip Batselé (UGent)
(2024) SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW. 34(2). p.181-207
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Switzerland is the second country that started negotiating bilateral investment treaties (BITs), only being preceded by (West) Germany. This article analyses Switzerland’s unknown role in influencing the content of early international investment law. It uses records from Swiss public and private archives, amongst others, to elucidate the process of Swiss investment law policy during the end of the 1950s and the early 1960s. The article illustrates how early Swiss BIT policy was shaped by the symbiotic relationship between the government (the Handelsabteilung and Eidgenössisches Politisches Departement) and business interest associations (Vorort and the Vereinigung schweizerischer Industrie-Holdinggesellschaften, amongst others). It demonstrates Switzerland’s early influence on international investment law by tracing how Swiss policymakers spearheaded the use of the transfer, national treatment and most favoured nation clause in early investment treaties, and influenced the ̡European approach̢ of short investment agreements focused solely on investment protection.
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International Investment Law, Multilateral Investment Treaty, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs), History Of International Law, Business Lobbying, Switzerland

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Batselé, Filip. “The Unknown Innovator : Switzerland and the Beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime.” SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW, vol. 34, no. 2, 2024, pp. 181–207.
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Batselé, F. (2024). The unknown innovator : Switzerland and the beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime. SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW, 34(2), 181–207.
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Batselé, Filip. 2024. “The Unknown Innovator : Switzerland and the Beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime.” SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW 34 (2): 181–207.
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Batselé, Filip. 2024. “The Unknown Innovator : Switzerland and the Beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime.” SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW 34 (2): 181–207.
Vancouver
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Batselé F. The unknown innovator : Switzerland and the beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime. SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW. 2024;34(2):181–207.
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F. Batselé, “The unknown innovator : Switzerland and the beginning of the Investment Treaty Regime,” SCHWEIZERISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR INTERNATIONALES UND EUROPÄISCHES RECHT = SWISS REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN LAW, vol. 34, no. 2, pp. 181–207, 2024.
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