Mit Inkrafttreten des Vertrags von Lissabon im Dezember 2009 ist die Zuständigkeit für Investitionsverträge mit Drittstaaten auf die Europäische Union (EU) übergegangen und wurde somit Teil der Gemeinsamen Handelspolitik. Das vorliegende Working Paper beschreibt mögliche Auswirkungen...

Immediately after the entry-into-force of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2009, which inserted FDI into the framework of the existing Common Commercial Policy, the debate focused on the scope of the new investment power and its implications for the practice of EU treaty-making, whether the...

In an earlier era, treaties of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (FCNs) were the primary international law mechanism through which the U.S. government sought to promote and protect foreign investment. Conventional wisdom holds that FCNs are of only limited historical interest, having been...

"In Sustainable Development in EU Foreign Investment Law, Stefanie Schacherer offers an account of the legal effects of sustainable development within the EU's international investment policy and global investment governance. The author provides a clear and convincing assessment of how the EU...