Investment  
     
 

To promote greater liberalisation in the investment area in AANZFTA, the Parties have committed to the following:

a. National Treatment: shall accord to investors treatment no less favourable than that it accords, in like circumstances, to its own investors and their investments.
b. Prohibition of specific requirements: No measures which is inconsistent with the Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement shall apply.
c. Compensation for losses: shall accord treatment no less favourable than that it accords, in like circumstances, losses suffered by investments in its territory owing to armed conflict, civil strife or state of emergency.
d. Transfers: Each party shall allow transfers relating to a covered investment to be made freely and without delay into and out of its territory.
e. Expropriation and compensation: shall not expropriate or nationalise a covered investment either directly or through measures equivalent to expropriation or nationalisation except for a public purpose, in a non-discriminatory manner, and on payment of prompt, adequate and effective compensation.
f. Investment disputes: disputing parties shall as far as possible resolve the dispute through consultation, with a view towards reaching an amicable settlement. If such consultation fails, then disputing parties could request for arbitration.

A list of commitments by various countries is appended in Annex 3 of the AANZFTA.