Foreign Element in International Investment Relations

The article describes the foreign element and its types in transnational investment relationships. It is argued that they may arise in case of not only participation of a foreign physical or legal person, but also making an investment contract or being an investment on the territory of a state, which is different from the host state. It means that a foreign subject (with respect to the host state) or object together with a legal fact (with respect to the state of the investor) acts as a foreign element. It is deemed that all these indicators should be used when foreign investments are defined