International investment agreements continue to proliferateing: at the end of 2005 , reaching at the end of , 2,,495 bilateral investment treaties, 2,,758 double taxation treaties and 232 preferential trade and investment agreements were signed
Les accords internationaux d'investissement ont continué de se multiplier: fin 2005, on comptait 2 495 accords bilatéraux d'investissement, 2 758 conventions de double imposition et 232 accords préférentiels d'investissement et de libre-échange.