Customs processes are there to monitor trade levels between countries, help maintain national security, but also for fiscal purposes. Depending on the type of good, country of origin, and the country of destination, goods may, or may not, be subject to prohibitions, restrictions, and the appli...
of investment obligations by a host member. Such obligations include, among other things, a prohibition on expropriation or measures “tantamount” to it without fair compensation, MFN and national treatment, and the minimum standard of treatment owed to aliens under customary international law (fair...
Barrett, Joyce