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However, said Xu, the signing of those treaties is often driven by political or diplomatic motivations, and those who promote them have a limited understanding of their many benefits. As Xu put it, “Those treaties were introduced to protect foreign investments, but they also help with knowledge diffusion, technology transfer and collaboration. They have the potential to drive a country’s overall innovation and growth, which has been under the radar for a lot of policymakers.”",[],{"type":265,"value":443,"marks":444}," ",[445],"bold",{"type":300,"content":447},[448],{"type":265,"value":449,"marks":450},"Bilateral investment treaties are especially beneficial to countries that are technological laggards and have weak domestic institutions. 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