Number: RS22752
Title: Dispute Settlement Under the Proposed U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: An Overview
Authors: Jeanne J. Grimmett, American Law Division 
Abstract: The proposed U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA or Agreement) follows current U.S. free trade agreement practice in containing two types of dispute settlement: State-State, applicable to disputes between the Parties to the TPA, and investor-State, applicable to claims by an investor of one TPA Party that the other Party has breached its TPA investment obligations. Implementing legislation for the TPA approving the Agreement and providing legislative authorities needed to carry it out was signed into law December 14, 2007 (P.L. 110-138); the TPA has not yet entered into force.
Pages: 6
Date: January 4, 2008