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The Third Country Regime for Investment Firms
In this article we discuss how an investment firm established outside the EU may provide services (to clients) in the EU. We explore how such third...
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Revisiting marine services pricing in South Africa’s ports
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) is the landlord and sole provider of marine services in South Africa’s eight commercial ports. Historically,...
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Third Country Relations and the Equivalence Regime: Treatment of Collective Investment Schemes
European legislation on investment funds does not provide for a single coherent third country regime. The UCITS Directive 1985, as one of the...
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International Investment Agreements and Multilateral Agreement on Investment
International investment is an important driving force for global economic growth. However, international investment rules are now substantially...
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Protection of Foreign Investment in China: The Foreign Investment Law and the Changing Landscape
China’s foreign investment law regime has experienced significant changes in recent years. A milestone came with the passing of the Foreign...
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International Investment Law and Its Scope in Argentina
Foreign investment has played an inportant role in Argentina’s economic development process practically since the biginning of the modern state. A...
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The Foreign Investment Regime Change in the Making of the Foreign Investment Law
On 15 March 2019, the Second Session of the 13th NPC adopted the Foreign Investment Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as...
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Foreign Direct Investment Inflow and Investment Climate in ASEAN Least Developed Countries
ASEAN least developed countries, that is, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Lao PDR are trying to diversify their manufacturing sector and exports...
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The Foreign Investment Law: A Commentary
Article 1 In order to further expand opening up, actively promote foreign investment, protect the legitimate rights and interests of foreign...
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Unlocking Africa’s economic potential: The role of PPPs in fuelling infrastructure development and investment–South Africa’s perspective
Sub-Saharan African governments are grappling with the significant challenge of meeting growing citizen demands while simultaneously maintaining and...
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Greening International Investment Agreements
Are international investment agreements (IIAs) turning green? This chapter appraises recent developments in the preambular language and substantive...
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WTO Disciplines Relevant for Investment Screening
This Chapter examines the principles in WTO law that are most relevant for investment screening. After briefly referring to the limited significance...
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Investment and trading strategies in the maritime sector: an application to the secondhand containership market
As ship** market players operate in a competitive and volatile business environment, their highly capital-intensive investment decisions to target...
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Venture Capital in the Rise of Sustainable Investment
In recent years, the world has witnessed a soaring inflow of capital into sustainable investment. This is particularly so following the devastating...
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Investment Screening in the EU
In order to understand the EU approach to investment screening, one has to be aware of political and legal concerns that are specific to the EU legal...
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Investor Capitalism, Sustainable Investment and the Role of Tax Relief
This contribution examines the connection between investor capitalism and sustainable investment. It will be observed in this article that investor...
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Incorporating Investment in Services into the World Trade Organization Framework
In the World Trade Organization (WTO), rules involving investment are divided in separate agreements, such as the General Agreement on Trade in...
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China’s Foreign Investment Regime from the Comparative Law Perspective
This chapter focuses on a comparative study of China’s foreign investment regime and the representative foreign investment regimes of selected...
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China and the Investment Treaty Regime: Rule Taker or Rule Maker?
The year of 2018 marks the 40th anniversary of China’s opening-up policy, which gives us a great opportunity to review China’s developments and...
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Interaction Between China and International Investment Rules
Since 1979, foreign direct investment has continuously expanded in terms of scale in China, thus making China one of the major destinations of global...