While to an economist, business person or policy maker, movement of goods, services and foreign direct investment should logically be covered in the same agreement, history has not allowed this to happen. International legal regimes are spinning into greater fragmentation as the number of...

Comments on key rules and principles of: (1) the Jordan-United States Bilateral Investment Treaty 1997, including those concerning most favoured nation treatment, free transfer of profits, the settlement of disputes, and qualifying industrial zones; and (2) the Jordan-United States Free Trade...

Intellectual property rights (IPRs) have become increasingly important. In particular, increased international trade, global economies, and developing technologies have played a key role in the development of Intellectual Property laws. These factors determine the need for strong IPRs regimes to...

Chinese law relating to companies and corporate regulation has developed significantly since Chinese-foreign joint ventures were first permitted in 1979. For foreign investors, however, changes and improvements in the Company Law regime, have not necessarily improved their position. Despite...

The establishment of a mechanism at the European level for screening FDI, on the grounds of national security and public order, constitutes a major step in implementing the EU investment policy. To create an effective system, it must be based on clear common rules, provide certainty and ensure...

China has become the world's third largest outward investor, behind the United States and Japan. A growing body of literature suggests that China's regulatory framework for outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) is a determinant of the country's rising OFDI. This paper presents a holistic...

The recent surge in competition between state and private firms in global markets calls for a reflection on how to minimise any potentially distortionary effects on international trade and investment created by state enterprises while at the same time restraining any undue protectionist policy...

The relationship between corruption, particularly when systemic, and the rule of law is a circular one. On the one hand, corruption undermines the rule of law; on the other hand, a weak rule of law facilitates corruption. In a sort of parasitic relationship, corruption quickly attaches to the...

A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...

A government bargains a mutually convenient agreement with a multinational corporation to extract a natural resource. The corporation bears the initial investment and earns as a return a share on the profits. The host country provides access and guarantee conditions of operation. Being the...