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Sovereign wealth funds in international economic law
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Florence : European University Institute, 2016
EUI; LAW; PhD Thesis
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DEKASTROS, Michail, Sovereign wealth funds in international economic law, Florence : European University Institute, 2016, EUI, LAW, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/42004
Abstract
Sovereign Wealth Funds have been the new 'rising star' of the global economy for a few years. Host States have reacted to their rise cautiously and have quite frequently cited 'national security' as a justification for maintaining an absolute degree of freedom in regulating their entry into their markets. This thesis is arguing that a substantial proportion of regulatory concerns that surround the operation of SWFs are actually not of a national security nature—at least as perceived by the relevant instruments regulating investment in International Economic Law. As a consequence, the current regulatory framework screening SWFs investments a priori is both legally and normatively problematic and, in fact, it constitutes a form of protectionism. As an alternative, this thesis suggests that SWFs ought to be primarily regulated after their entry into Host States' markets. In that context, a proper conceptualisation of the principle of non-discrimination that takes into account the 'regulatory unlikeness' between SWFs and other market suppliers/investors will allow the Host States to properly regulate them after their entry into their markets. Such a conceptualisation – contrary to usual analyses – draws heavily from International Investment law in order to interpret the relevant provisions of the GATS.
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Defence date: 24 June 2016
Examining Board: Professor Petros C Mavroidis, Professor of Global and Regional Economic Law, EUI (Supervisor); Professor Bernard Hoekman, Professor of Global Economics, EUI; Professor Philip Sands QC, Professor of Law, University College London; Dr Gaëtan Verhoosel, Partner, Three Crowns LLP.
Examining Board: Professor Petros C Mavroidis, Professor of Global and Regional Economic Law, EUI (Supervisor); Professor Bernard Hoekman, Professor of Global Economics, EUI; Professor Philip Sands QC, Professor of Law, University College London; Dr Gaëtan Verhoosel, Partner, Three Crowns LLP.