1st Edition

The EU in the Global Investment Regime Commission Entrepreneurship, Incremental Institutional Change and Business Lethargy

By Johann Robert Basedow Copyright 2018
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

262 Pages 7 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The European Union (EU) has emerged as a key actor in the global investment regime since the 1980s. At the same time, international investment policy and agreements, which govern international investment liberalisation, treatment and protection through investor-to-state dispute settlement, have become increasingly contentious in the European public debate. This book provides an accessible... Read more

1. Introduction  2. European Integration Theory and the EU’s New International Investment Policy  3. An Introduction to International Investment and its Regime  4. An Overview of EU International Investment Policy-Making under the Treaty of Lisbon  5. The EU in Investment-Related Negotiations during the Uruguay Round  6. The EU in Investment-Related Negotiations on the Energy Charter Treaty  7. The EU in Negotiations on the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and the Singapore Issues  8. Investment Disciplines in European Free Trade Agreements  9. The Evolution of the EU’s Legal Competences in International Investment Policy  10. Conclusion

Biography

Johann Robert Basedow is a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, and an Assistant Professor for International Political Economy at the London School of Economics, UK.