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Calvo doctrine; embedded liberalism; foreign direct investment; ISDS reform; international investment law; Latin America; neoliberalism; populism; redomestication
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International Investment Law In The Shadow Of Populism: Between Redomestication And Liberalism Re‐Embedded, Alvaro Santos
International Investment Law In The Shadow Of Populism: Between Redomestication And Liberalism Re‐Embedded, Alvaro Santos
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The international investment regime is in crisis, nowhere more so than in regard to the investor–state dispute settlement system. While several developing countries have been critical of the system for some time, rich countries like the US and EU states—once the principal promoters of this regime—are now acknowledging problems and advancing reforms. This change of position has been fueled by the mobilization of civil society and the emergence of domestic populist movements on both the right and the left, reflecting widespread discontent with the past three decades of neoliberal globalization and its effects on job losses, lower wages, and increasing …