Date: 2021
Type: Working Paper
The EU–China comprehensive agreement on investment : a model for investment coverage in the world trade organization?
Working Paper, EUI RSC, 2021/58, Global Governance Programme-446, [Global Economics]
KURTZ, Jürgen, GONG, Baihua, The EU–China comprehensive agreement on investment : a model for investment coverage in the world trade organization?, EUI RSC, 2021/58, Global Governance Programme-446, [Global Economics] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/71797
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Historically, foreign investment policies have been a fiercely contested issue for the international trade regime. The launch of discussions on investment facilitation under WTO auspices suggests greater willingness among some WTO members to discuss investment issues. The China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) provides a possible basis for negotiating investment policy disciplines in the WTO on a plurilateral basis. While the prospects for ratification of the CAI by the EU are uncertain, the CAI provides a baseline for possible investment rules in the WTO. Investment rules anchored both against the CAI outcomes and structured on a plurilateral basis are a logical part of a WTO resuscitation strategy.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/71797
ISSN: 1028-3625
Series/Number: EUI RSC; 2021/58; Global Governance Programme-446; [Global Economics]
Publisher: European University Institute
Keyword(s): EU China Investment policy WTO Comprehensive agreement on investment
Other topic(s): CoFoE EU in the world
Grant number: H2020/770680/EU
Sponsorship and Funder information:
The project leading to this paper received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 770680