000 00988nam a2200133Ia 4500
080 _a03.03.05 G738
100 _aGraham, Edward M.
245 _aFighting the wrong enemy : antiglobal activists and multinational enterprises
260 _bInstitute for International Economics
_aWashingtonUS
_c2000
300 _axvi, 234 p.
520 _aFocuses on why the Multilateral Agreement of Investment (MAI) failed and the implication of that failure for global governance. Examines whether the organized opposition to increased economic integration, was the main reason for the failure. Concludes that it has not but, rather, that the MAI negotiations, were in deep trouble much earlier because of fundamental policy disagreements over foreign direct investment itself among some of the key OECD governments. Seeks to draw lessons from the MAI episode for international approaches to foreign direct investment and globalization more generally.
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942 _cM
_mG738
999 _c23153
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