What types of complaints might foreign investors bring against host states as a result of government responses to the Covid-19 epidemic and how might these claims be defended by the states which implemented them?

1. What types of complaints might foreign investors bring against host states as a result of government responses to the Covid-19 epidemic and how might these claims be defended by the states which implemented them?

2. Should investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) be removed from international investment agreements and, if so, what could replace it in order to enforce the rights of foreign investors against host states?

3. Which is the more problematic standard from the perspective of the predictability and legitimacy of international investment law: Fair and Equitable Treatment or the guarantee against indirect expropriation without compensation?

4. Critically analyse the foreign investment legal framework of a country of your choice (its relevant domestic laws and treaties) and their impact on foreign direct investment.