https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1057%2Fpalgrave.ces.8100210.pdf

Multinational Firms in the World Economy

International Oil and Gas Investment in the CIS States. Eurasian Energy Politics and Prospects: Need for a Long-Term Western Strategy. Investing in the Former Soviet Union's Oil Industry: The Energy Charter Treaty and its Implications for Mitigating Political Risk. Negotiating the Energy Charter Treaty. The Energy Charter Treaty: A Russian Perspective. The Energy Charter Agreement and the Development of Kazakh Legislation. An Oil & Gas Industry Perspective. Why the United States did not Sign the Energy Charter Treaty. The Energy Charter Treaty: Towards a New International Order for Trade & Investment or a Case of History Repeating Itself. The Energy Charter Treaty: Some Observations on its International Context and Internal Structure. The Energy Charter Treaty in the Context of the Treaties of the European Union. International Investment under the 1994 Energy Charter Treaty. The Energy Charter Treaty and Bilateral Investment Treaty Regimes. The Energy Charter Treaty and Investment Contracts. Back to the Future: Expropriation in the Energy Charter Treaty. Compensation for Nationalization: The Provisions in the Energy Charter Treaty. Arbitration Provisions in the BITs and the Energy Charter Treaty. Arbitration without Privity. Trade and Investment Measures in the Energy Charter Treaty. The Trade Rules of GATT and Related Instruments and the Energy Charter Treaty. Transit of Networkbound Energy: The European Experience. Environmental Protection under the Energy Charter Treaty. Legal Implications of the Energy Charter Treaty Competition Rules. The Energy Charter Treaty: Implementation and Compliance Issues. Transitional Arrangements and Privatisation in Russia. Annexes.

The Energy Charter Treaty: An East-West Gateway for Investment and Trade.

/pdf/9-the-multilateral-agreement-on-investment-1wd81kpbiy.pdf

9. The Multilateral Agreement on Investment

Economic diplomacy is an important aspect of international relations, yet there remain few books written on the topic. As an author, Stephen Woolcock is a notable exception.1 Economic diplomacy is ...

European Union economic diplomacy: The role of the EU in external economic relations

New Book: The Effect of Treaties on Foreign Direct Investment

Does European business lobby for international investment agreements? In the public debate, international investment policymaking has become almost synonymous with a policy domain subject to an undue influence of business on policy outcomes. This paper argues that business preferences and lobbying have little effect on outcomes in international investment policy. The perceived beneficial effects of international investment agreements are small, distant and uncertain, which results in limited business lobbying. Instead, bureaucratic politics seems to decisively shape international investment policymaking in Europe. The paper confirms these hypotheses by means of a detailed assessment of German and EU international investment policymaking before and after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, in-depth case studies of major international investment negotiations and an evaluation of the changing design of European international investment agreements. It concludes with a discussion of the TTIP negotiations as an important outlier to the generally observed passivity of European business in this domain.

Johann Robert Basedow

Papers

Business preferences in international investment policymaking : does European business lobby for international investment agreements?