International Law: Specialized Sources: Bilateral investment treaties (BITS) & national laws on foreign investment

Model treaty and texts of U.S. BITs.

Guide to finding BITS by Lyonette Louis-Jacques.

Searchable by signatory States, particular treaty and year of signature. Texts of treaties are reproduced in the ICSID print volumes "Investment Promotion and Protection Treaties," also called "Investment Treaties."

Alternate title: Investment Promotion and Protection Treaties

Content type: Treaties

Treaties & Rules

Special focus: Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs)

According to the website, this method uses text-as-data analysis to "discover patterns of consistency and innovation in the BIT universe."

This website can be useful for finding out the year of a treaty, which can help in locating the treaty text in the Investment Treaties print looseleaf described below.

All active binding agreements between the U.S. and its trading partners covering manufactured products and services.