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Investment: US Model BIT 2004
“investment” means every asset that an investor owns or controls, directly or indirectly, that has the characteristics of an investment, including such characteristics as the commitment of capital or other resources, the expectation of gain or profit, or the assumption of risk.
外国直接投资,是一种涉及长期关系并反映一经济体的居民 实体在另一经济体内的居民企业中的永久利益和控制的投资。 前者称为外国直接投资者或母国企业,后者称为外国直接投 资企业或附属企业或外国附属企业)
Forms that an investment may take include:
(a) an enterprise;
(b) shares, stock, and other forms of equity participation in an enterprise;
(c) bonds, debentures, other debt instruments, and loans;1
(d) futures, options, and other derivatives;
(e) turnkey, construction, management, production, concession, revenue-sharing, and other similar contracts;