Table of cases -- Table of legislation, treaties, conventions and other international instruments -- 1. General introduction -- PART I. MAPPING THE GROWTH OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION -- 2. ASEAN as an important investment destination -- 3. Emergence...

Introduction / Julien Chaisse and Jedrzej Gorski -- One belt one road ("OBOR") roadmaps : the legal and policy frameworks / Donald J. Lewis and Diana Moise -- The political economy of OBOR and the global economic center of gravity / Usman W. Chohan -- The OBOR global geopolitical drive : the...

Since China adopted its 'open door' policy in 1978, which altered its development strategy from self-sufficiency to active participation in the world market, its goal has remained unchanged: to assist the readjustment of China's economy, to coordinate its modernization programs, and to improve...

In an age of increased necessity for competitiveness of nations and at a time when the world economy is facing recession, this book explores the possible trajectory of ASEAN : arguably one of the most dynamic areas in the world--as a regional economic and political bloc. The expert contributors...

Before the inception of WTO, India generally did not pursue any regional economic agreement route to promote trade or to achieve any other goal. However, in the Post Cancun Ministerial period, it has progressively entered into a number of preferential trade arrangements with several Asian as...

This article analyses constitutional changes and policy consequences concerning the transfer to the supranational level of an external competence in the field of investment resulting from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). It states that EU Member States lose their...

This Article explores the role of investment law and investment arbitration in (and after) the COVID-19 crisis in the context of transnational health policy. This Article discusses a technical possibility (COVID-19 measures can give rise to investor-state disputes) and explains why most of these...