South-South Bilateral Investment Treaties: The same old story?
Today, Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) between developing countries account for approximately 26 per cent of the total number of BITs, and with enhanced South-South economic cooperation and greater regional integration, this number is likely to grow.
The paper examines trends in and characteristic of South-South BITs in order to establish whether and to what extent they follow the North-South European BITs template, and to identify those features and developments unique to the South-South BITs.
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