LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
T HE W HITE H OUSE , May 23, 2000.
To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, I transmit herewith the Treaty Between the Govern- ment of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Honduras Concerning the Encouragement and Recip- rocal Protection of Investment, with Annex and Protocol, signed at Denver on July 1, 1995. I transmit also, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State with respect to this Treaty. The bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with Honduras is the fourth such Treaty with a Central or South American country. The Treaty will protect U.S. investment and assist Honduras in its ef- forts to develop its economy by creating conditions more favorable for U.S. private investment and thus strengthen the development of its private sector. The Treaty is fully consistent with U.S. policy toward inter- national and domestic investment. A specific tenet of U.S. policy, reflected in this Treaty, is that U.S. investment abroad and foreign investment in the United States should receive national treatment. Under this Treaty, the Parties also agree to international law standards for expropriation. The Treaty includes detailed provi- sions regarding the computation and payment of prompt, adequate, and effective compensation for expropriation; free transfer of funds related to investments; freedom of investments from specified per- formance requirements; fair, equitable, and most-favored-nation treatment; and the investor’s freedom to choose to resolve disputes with the host government through international arbitration. I recommend that the Senate consider this Treaty as soon as pos- sible, and give its advice and consent to ratification of the Treaty, with Annex and Protocol, at an early date. W ILLIAM J. C LINTON .
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