L’Initiative conjointe de l’OMC sur la facilitation de l’investissement pour le développement : évolution de la situation depuis 2022 et feuille de route en vue de la CM13

This report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and CUTS International analyzes the progress of negotiations for the WTO Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD Agreement). It details the current draft's structure—focusing on transparency, administrative simplification, and sustainable investment—and outlines the roadmap toward the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), including the challenges of integrating the agreement into the WTO's legal architecture.

• More than 110 members of the World Trade Organization (WTO), representing over two-thirds of its membership, are negotiating the Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD Agreement) to improve the investment climate, particularly for developing countries and least-developed countries.
• The agreement's scope is primarily focused on foreign direct investment (FDI), though debate continues regarding whether to include broader categories such as portfolio investments, which some developing countries view as speculative.
• The transparency pillar requires members to publish information on investment-related public policies, including laws, regulations, and administrative decisions, and encourages the use of a single information portal to provide free access to these details.
• To simplify administrative procedures, the agreement mandates that authorization processes be applied in a fair, objective, and impartial manner, and includes specific requirements for the treatment of incomplete applications and the motivation of rejections.
• The agreement adopts a Special and Differential Treatment (SDT) approach modeled after the Trade Facilitation Agreement, allowing developing and least-developed countries to categorize obligations into three groups (A, B, and C) based on their implementation capacity and need for technical assistance.
• Provisions for sustainable investment encourage companies to voluntarily adhere to internationally recognized standards for responsible business conduct and require host states to implement anti-corruption measures based on transparency and integrity.
• There is an ongoing debate regarding the creation of an investment facilitation mechanism to manage voluntary contributions from donor members to help developing countries with needs assessments and infrastructure funding.
• Members are exploring three options for integrating the IFD Agreement into the WTO structure: as a multilateral instrument in Annex 1, as a plurilateral initiative in Annex 4, or through coordinated scheduling under existing GATT and GATS agreements.

APA

Jose, R. (2023). L’Initiative conjointe de l’OMC sur la facilitation de l’investissement pour le développement : évolution de la situation depuis 2022 et feuille de route en vue de la CM13. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-03/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation-mc13-fr.pdf

Chicago

Jose, Rashmi. L’Initiative conjointe de l’OMC sur la facilitation de l’investissement pour le développement : évolution de la situation depuis 2022 et feuille de route en vue de la CM13. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2023. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-03/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation-mc13-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{jose2023linitiative, author = {Jose, Rashmi}, title = {{L’Initiative conjointe de l’OMC sur la facilitation de l’investissement pour le développement : évolution de la situation depuis 2022 et feuille de route en vue de la CM13}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/2023-03/joint-initiative-investment-facilitation-mc13-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }