Greater exposureVietnam has already been sued by foreign investors at international arbitration tribunals four times, for a total of $4 billion. What, then, would make an investment protection chapter in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) dangerous for Vietnam? At first sight, it might look like Vietnam has nothing to lose by agreeing to an investor protection chapter. The reason to include an investment protection chapter in the RCEP and the added risk of doing so are related. Therefore, these investment protection treaties are much easier to terminate than FTAs with investment protection chapters.

Source: VietNamNet News February 19, 2017 00:45 UTC