July 9-10, 2016 G20 Guiding Principles for Global Investment Policy-Making

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Objective: To foster an open, transparent and conducive global policy environment for investment, promote coherence in policymaking, and promote inclusive economic growth and sustainable development.

  • Investment is crucial for economic growth, avoid protectionism in cross-border investment
  • Establish open, non-discriminatory, transparent and predictable conditions for investment
  • Protection of investors and investments, fair dispute settlement procedures
  • Transparent investment regulation, encouraging participation
  • Coherency on all levels, consistent with sustainable development and inclusive growth
  • Regulation of investment for legitimate public policy purposes
  • Maximization of economic benefit, efficiency, transparency
  • Promotion and facilitation of observance
  • Maintain an open and conducive policy environment for investment

See G20 Guiding Principles for Global Investment Policy-Making here