Number: 98-569 Title: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment: A Brief Analysis of the Current Status Authors: James K. Jackson, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Abstract: The Multilateral Agreement on Investment, or the MAI, is a comprehensive agreement being negotiated by ministers from the most economically developed countries in the world, or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), that would establish an international set of rules on foreign investment. Pages: 6 Date: November 3, 1999