Several have been subject to enormous suits – and enormous payouts. There have even been demands that countries honor contracts signed by previous non-democratic and corrupt governments, even when the International Monetary Fund and other multilateral organizations have recommended that the contract be abrogated.
签署了这类投资协定的国家为此付出了沉重代价。一些国家诉讼缠身，并付出了巨额赔付。协定要求签署国尊重在非民主时期的腐败政府所签署的契约，即便IMF和其他多边机构建议废除这些契约。