1. the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures (TRIMs) and the WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS)) can also relate to foreign investment; investment between an EU Member State and a third state is often governed by both a Member State BIT (post-establishment phase) and an EU FTA (pre-establishment phase);EU law and WTO law (i.e. the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)
2. Although some controversy exists as to the binding or nonbinding nature of memoranda of understanding, in light of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Treaties and Memoranda of Understanding;Guidance on Practice and Procedures,2000
3. Lapworth, Charles, (20 Sept. 1842–13 March 1920)