The author introduces Gehring's call for a multi-lateralization of Impact Assessments (IAs). IA processes in Canada, the US and the EU illustrate the complex nature of IAs and their challenges in a rapidly evolving international investment law and policy regime. IAs have expanded to include...

This chapter begins with a brief discussion of the latest trends in FDI. It then turns to an analysis of policies related to outward foreign direct investment and discusses issues that relate to them. It argues that FDI flows have managed to sustain their recovery in the aftermath of the 2008...

Foreign direct investment (FDI) plays an important role in the world economy and has the potential to contribute toward accelerating the process of economic growth and sustainable development in the least developed countries (LDCs). This article provides a brief overview of recent trends and...

As the authors of this volume observe in their Introduction, “The global regime for investment is dynamic and continually growing”. This is certainly a correct observation. But the regime is not only growing, it also receives considerable attention and is subject to close scrutiny, both by...

China is now one of the world's most important outward investors. The salient features of the country's cross-border direct investments (discussed in the first section) include that its foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown rapidly, that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a dominant role...