International Investment Law and Its Scope in Argentina

Foreign investment has played an inportant role in Argentina’s economic development process practically since the biginning of the modern state. A decisive factor in the promotion of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) since the 1990s has been the adaptation of local regulatory systems to accommodate these new forms of international investment. This motivated, among other actions, the modification of public order norms for the incorporation of foreign subjects in the participation (among other matters) in the administration of public services or the elimination of legal restrictions that prevented the submission of States to foreign or international jurisdictions.