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FDI Protectionism Is On the Rise / Sauvant, Karl P.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Sauvant, Karl P.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Credit information.
- Credit information systems.
- Debt Markets.
- Emerging Markets.
- Emerging markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial crisis.
- Foreign Direct Investment.
- Foreign markets.
- Global trade.
- Intangible.
- Intangible assets.
- International bank.
- International Economics & Trade.
- International investment.
- International investors.
- International trade.
- Investment and Investment Climate.
- Investment climate.
- Investment regime.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Policy responses.
- Private Sector Development.
- Protection of investors.
- Regulatory frameworks.
- Tax.
- Trade and Regional Integration.
- Treaty.
- Local Subjects:
- Credit information.
- Credit information systems.
- Debt Markets.
- Emerging Markets.
- Emerging markets.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Financial crisis.
- Foreign Direct Investment.
- Foreign markets.
- Global trade.
- Intangible.
- Intangible assets.
- International bank.
- International Economics & Trade.
- International investment.
- International investors.
- International trade.
- Investment and Investment Climate.
- Investment climate.
- Investment regime.
- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth.
- Policy responses.
- Private Sector Development.
- Protection of investors.
- Regulatory frameworks.
- Tax.
- Trade and Regional Integration.
- Treaty.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (20 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2009
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Over the past two decades or so, countries have liberalized their FDI regulatory frameworks and have put in place an international investment law regime that provides various protections for international investors. In the past few years, however, there are signs that countries are reevaluating their approach toward such investment. As a result, FDI protectionism is on the rise, with screening of inward M&As becoming more frequent. Typically, this is being done under the guise of "national interest" or similar concepts, often linked to strategic sectors and national champions. While the international investment law regime faces a challenge to find the right balance between the rights and responsibilities of governments and investors, care needs to be taken that the rise of FDI protectionism does not endanger a rules-based approach to FDI. An independent FDI Protectionism Observatory to monitor new protectionist measures and name and shame countries that take them is therefore needed.
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