China's Regulatory Framework For Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Karl P. Sauvant, Victor Zitian Chen
Feb 2014
China's Regulatory Framework For Outward Foreign Direct Investment, Karl P. Sauvant, Victor Zitian Chen
Karl P. Sauvant
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 review of that framework, including some possibilities for its improvement. Overall, China’s framework serves two objectives: to help Chinese firms become more competitive internationally and to assist the country in its development effort. In pursuing these objectives, the regulatory framework has moved from restricting, to facilitating, to supporting, to encouraging OFDI; but there are still strong …
China Needs ‘Going-In’ Rules For Fdi Goodwill, Karl P. Sauvant, Victor Zitian Chen
Dec 2013
China Needs ‘Going-In’ Rules For Fdi Goodwill, Karl P. Sauvant, Victor Zitian Chen
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, "China Needs ‘Going-in’ Rules for FDI Goodwill,” op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 23 June 2014.
Investment To The Fore In Eu-Us Partnership, Karl P. Sauvant
Dec 2012
Investment To The Fore In Eu-Us Partnership, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, "Investment to the fore in EU-US partnership", letter to the editor, Financial Times, June 20, 2013.
Sovereign Investment: An Introduction, Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed, Lisa E. Sachs, Karl P. Sauvant
Dec 2011
Sovereign Investment: An Introduction, Wouter P.F. Schmit Jongbloed, Lisa E. Sachs, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
The authors discuss a number of issues related to the rise of sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the world FDI market. More specifically, they review the type of sovereign FDI vehicles, identify the principal concerns related to them (focusing on national security and transparency), discuss the national and supranational policy reactions, and conclude with an outlook. The volume itself contains contributions by Mark Gordon and Sabastian V. Niles; Stephany Griffith-Jones and José Antonio Ocampo; Paola Subacchi; Daniel M. Shapiro and Steven Globerman; Katharina Pistor; Mark A. Clodfelter and Francesca M.S. Guerrero; Rolando Avendaño and Javier Santiso; …
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2009-2010
Dec 2009
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2009-2010
Karl P. Sauvant
The 2009/2010 edition of Investment Yearbook addresses such issues as investment flows, trends in international investment agreements, treaty-based arbitration cases, the procedural side, and ICSID.
The edition includes articles by Persephone Economou and Karl P. Sauvant; Peter Muchlinski; Ian A. Laird, Borzu Sabahi, Fédéric G. Sourgens, and Sobia Haque; Erlend Bakken and Tonje P. Gormley; Emmanuelle Cabrol; Jarrod Wong and Jackson Yackee; Carolyn B. Lamm, Chiara Giorgetti and Hansel T. Pham; Maria Vicien-Milburn and Andreeva; Lee Caplan; Armand de Mestral; Christopher S. Gibson; Louis T. Wells; Anne van Aaken and Jürgen Kurtz; Lauge Skovgaard Poulsen; Jeswald W. Salacuse; and Muthucumaraswamy …
Fdi Protectionism Is On The Rise, Karl P. Sauvant
Dec 2008
Fdi Protectionism Is On The Rise, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, “FDI Protectionism is on the Rise,” Policy Research Working Paper 5052 of The World Bank (Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, September 2009).
Fdi Goes Local: The Millennium Cities Initiative, Karl P. Sauvant
Dec 2006
Fdi Goes Local: The Millennium Cities Initiative, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, “FDI Goes Local: The Millennium Cities Initiative,” International Trade Forum, no. 1 (2007), pp. 29-30.
