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Asean Investment Treaties, Rcep, And Cptpp: Regional Strengths, Norms, Institutions, And Politics, Diane A. Desierto
Asean Investment Treaties, Rcep, And Cptpp: Regional Strengths, Norms, Institutions, And Politics, Diane A. Desierto
Washington International Law Journal
Southeast Asia attracts foreign investment more rapidly than elsewhere in the world, including China. Southeast Asia’s evolving regional strategies, norms, institutions, and politics for investment governance should be of considerable interest to global decision-makers. This Article compares evolving investment treaty strategies and norms between the regional investment treaties of: (1) the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”); (2) the latest draft investment chapter of the China-led sixteen-member Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (“RCEP”), to which all ten ASEAN Member States are also negotiating parties; and (3) some features of the current draft investment chapter for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (now renamed the …
Acts Of Financial Distress In The Eu: Is The Eu To Blame?, Venetia Argyropoulou
Acts Of Financial Distress In The Eu: Is The Eu To Blame?, Venetia Argyropoulou
Washington International Law Journal
This Article seeks to determine if there is a legal basis for European Union (“EU”) Institutions to be held accountable for measures taken by an EU Member State in cases of financial distress. The Article begins by exploring the concept of sovereignty and then evaluates the limitations placed on state sovereignty by participation in the EU. Next, it explores the definitions of economic coercion and countermeasures and considers whether the actions taken by EU institutions in the context of the Cyprus banking haircut would satisfy either of these definitions. Lastly, this Article studies whether EU law can provide a basis …