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Equal Treatment For Outward Investors, Karl P. Sauvant
Equal Treatment For Outward Investors, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, "Equal Treatment for Outward Investors,” Project Syndicate, 12 June 2012.
Sovereign Investment: Concerns And Policy Reactions
Sovereign Investment: Concerns And Policy Reactions
Karl P. Sauvant
The volume provides a holistic examination and interdisciplinary analysis of issues relating to foreign direct investment by sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). SWFs currently hold over $5 trillion worth of funds. SOEs control more than $2 trillion in foreign assets. What rules and procedures do – and should -- govern sovereign investment? The editors address these and other questions in a collection of essays by leading authorities from the IMF, academic institutions, law firms, multinational enterprises, and think tanks. Together, they analyze how sovereign investment has helped to limit the effects of the current global economic crisis, …
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2011-2012
Yearbook On International Investment Law And Policy, 2011-2012
Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant, ed., Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy, 2011-2012 (New York: Oxford University Press, 2012).
New Kid On The Block Learning The Rules, Karl P. Sauvant
New Kid On The Block Learning The Rules, Karl P. Sauvant
Karl P. Sauvant
As the new kids on the block, Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs), the fourth largest outward investors, face a wide variety of challenges, such as building integrated international production networks, accessing international markets through mergers and acquisitions and learning to be good corporate citizens in their host countries. As Chinese firms become regular players in the global FDI market, they will continue to improve their corporate competitiveness and contribute to the development of host countries.
Fdi Perspectives: Issues In International Investment, 2nd Edition
Fdi Perspectives: Issues In International Investment, 2nd Edition
Karl P. Sauvant
This second edition of this publication provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is being written in the various corners of this field. The contributions are grouped under the following headings: attracting FDI and its impact; the rise of emerging market investors; national policies; sustainable international investment; and international investment treaties and arbitration. The volume brings together all Perspectives published since the inception of this series until 2012.
Negotiations On The Bilateral Investment Treaty Between China And The Usa: Consensus, Controversies And Prospect (In Chinese), Karl P. Sauvant, Huiping Chen
Negotiations On The Bilateral Investment Treaty Between China And The Usa: Consensus, Controversies And Prospect (In Chinese), Karl P. Sauvant, Huiping Chen
Karl P. Sauvant
The negotiation on the bilateral investment treaty between China and the USA in October 2012. So far, the two parties have almost reached agreements on preamble, scope of investor, most-favored-nation treatment, fair and equitable treatment, indirect expropriation, and denial of benefits. The controversies between the two parties focus on national treatment, performance requirement, labor and environment standard, and some provisions on investor-state dispute settlement. Among them, the most disputed and difficult issue is national treatment. The authors suggest some constructive solutions to these controversial issues, and believe that the future concluded China-US BIT based on negotiations and compromise will play …