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International Investment Law and Practice in the Kingdom of Cambodia: An Evolving ‘Rule Taker’?

In: The Journal of World Investment & Trade
Author:
Romesh Weeramantry Clifford Chance Hong Kong

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07 Dec 2017
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Abstract

Cambodia has undertaken several initiatives to attract foreign direct investment (FDI), which has been growing rapidly in recent years, particularly through participating in Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) investment agreements and free trade agreements (FTAs). This article first outlines Cambodia’s arbitration law and practice, its Law on Investment, the court system, problems relating to corruption, and foreign direct investment (FDI) patterns. It then surveys trends in Cambodia’s comparatively belated signing of investment treaties, and their main contents (including recent treaties with India and Hungary, adopting very different models). The article then discusses the only investment arbitration instituted against Cambodia, which was successfully defended, followed by a comment on the future prospects for Cambodia’s investment treaty program.

Title:
International Investment Law and Practice in the Kingdom of Cambodia: An Evolving ‘Rule Taker’?
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/22119000-12340067
Language:
English
Pages:
942–973
Keywords:
foreign investment; investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS); arbitration
In:
The Journal of World Investment & Trade
In:
Volume 18: Issue 5-6
Publisher:
Brill | Nijhoff
E-ISSN:
2211-9000
Print ISSN:
1660-7112
Subjects:
International Commercial, Trade & Investment Law, International Law

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