The Development of Most-favored-nation Treatment——From Substance to Procedure

Abstract

MFN treatment in international investment law is implemented by the host country to foreign investors, the treatment is 
 not less than treatment already given or will give the third countries investors. More and more investors sought to take advantage 
 of the general provisions of MFN clause in bilateral investment treaties in an attempt to enjoy more favorable treatment for dispute 
 settlement in third treaties. This paper expounds on the basis of cases to analyze whether MFN clause could be applied to the 
 dispute settlement procedure or MFN treatment could extend to procedural rights.