De l’Uruguay Round à l’Accord multilatéral sur l’investissement : l’emprise du modèle américain

The results of the Uruguay Round of negotiations include a globalization of the American rules concerning trade and investment. This article focuses on two aspects of this expansion of the US model: intellectual property rights and the protection of investors’ rights. Both the recent developments in the field of intellectual property rights and an analysis of the negotiation of the draft Multilateral Agreement on Investment and its contents point to a dramatic change in the role of government, and, beyond, the relationship between multinationals and sovereign States