Legitimacy challenges of trade and investment agreements from a developing country’s perspective

Abstract

The article is devoted to the problems of government regulation and supremacy of law as well as situation of international investment regime in developing countries. The author explores problems of investment treaties and compares existing ways to protect investments on regional level in different countries. There is detailed overview of investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. The issues are presented from the perspective of developing countries, in particular the African continent. The general conclusion is that for efficiency development of infrastructure by enhancing industries investments it is necessary to increase regional regulation as well as regionalization of regulatory bodies and agencies.