Bilateral Investment Agreements

On: February 9, 2016

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Bilateral Investment Agreements

Germany does not have a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, however, a
Friendship, Commerce and Navigation (FCN) treaty dating from 1956 remains in force.

Currently, USTR and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Trade are negotiating
a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership including an investment chapter.

Germany has investment treaties in force with 131 countries and territories. Treaties with former
sovereign entities (including Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia) continue to
apply in an additional four cases. These are indicated with an asterisk (*) and have not been
taken into account in regard to the total number of treaties. Treaties are in force with the
following states, territories or former entities:
Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Azerbaijan;
Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Benin; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana;
Burkina Faso; Brunei; Bulgaria; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African
Republic; Chad; Chile; China (People’s Republic); Congo (Republic); Congo (Democratic
Republic); Costa Rica; Croatia; Cuba; Czechoslovakia; Czech Republic*; Dominica; Ecuador;
Egypt; El Salvador; Estonia; Ethiopia; Gabon; Georgia; Ghana; Greece; Guatemala; Guinea;
Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hong Kong; Hungary; India; Indonesia; Iran; Ivory Coast; Jamaica;
Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Republic of Korea; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon;
Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Lithuania; Macedonia; Madagascar; Malaysia; Mali; Malta; Mauritania;
Mauritius; Mexico; Moldova; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Nepal; Nicaragua;
Niger; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territories; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay;
Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Qatar; Romania; Russia*; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Senegal;
Serbia*; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovak Republic*; Slovenia; Somalia; South Africa; Soviet
Union; Sri Lanka; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Sudan; Swaziland; Syria;
Tajikistan; Tanzania; Thailand; Togo; Trinidad & Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan;
Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen;
Yugoslavia; Zambia; and Zimbabwe.