The European Union and international investment law : The two dimensions of an uneasy relationship / Francesco Montanaro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montanaro, Francesco, author.

Series:

Studies in International Trade and Investment Law.

Studies in International Trade and Investment Law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign trade regulation.

Investments--Law and legislation.

Investments.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Hart Publishing, 2023.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

This book explores the interaction between the EU and international investment law, both at the internal level, namely within the EU internal market, and at the external level, i.e. in the context of its relations with third States. The joint treatment of these dimensions reveals that the EU has assumed an ostensibly ambivalent attitude towards international investment law. At the internal level, it has consistently asserted that intra-EU international investment agreements (IIAs) are not compatible with EU law and advocated their termination. At the external level, by contrast, it has eagerly deployed IIAs to develop its post-Lisbon international investment policy. The book finds that beneath this apparent ambivalence towards international investment law ultimately lies the EU's attempt to impose, both internally and externally, its own original model of regulation of cross-border investment. It then argues that the EU adopted this approach with a view to supporting its internal market, enhancing its external influence, and, ultimately, pursuing long-term 'federal aspirations'. Finally, the book identifies the legal and political obstacles that have curtailed the EU's efforts at both the internal and the external level.

Contents:

The role of EU member states and the EU in the field of foreign investment

The internal dimension : the relationship between EU law and intra-EU IIAS

The external dimension : the EU as a player in the investment treaty-making arena

The external and the internal dimensions of the European Union's action in the field of foreign investment.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Montanaro, Francesco The European Union and International Investment Law

ISBN:

9781509963829

1509963820

9781509963836

1509963839

9781509963812

1509963812

OCLC:

1373983687