The Mai Affair: A Story and Its Lessons

by David R. Henderson

This essay tells the story of a recent failed venture in international economic cooperation --namely, the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment, or MAI. The MAI would have embodied a concerted set of measures to push forward the liberalization of foreign direct investment. Negotiations to prepare it were launched in 1995 by the member governments of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the OECD. These negotiations were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862030391
• ISBN13: 9781862030398
• Release Date: February 2000
• Publisher: Royal Institute for International Affairs
• Length: 73 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.9" x 9.8"