The Evolution of National Security at the Interface Between Domestic and International Investment Law and Policy: The Role of China
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Abstract
As China’s economy grows and the global economy increasingly digitalises, security takes on heightened significance. Security exceptions exist in numerous investment agreements and domestic regulatory frameworks for reviewing foreign investments. These reviews have shifted to focus on China, particularly for investments involving data. Continued expansion of security as a basis for rejecting investment applications threatens economic integration, while allowing international tribunals to review these decisions by ruling on this exception may be counterproductive. Alternatives exist at domestic and international levels. Domestically, a focus on evidence-based assessments and the imposition of conditions may mitigate security concerns. International guidelines and principles are already established to assist investors and investment agencies. Further international rule reform may allow agreed solutions to data concerns in place of security as a catch-all response to perceived threats of foreign investment.
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The Evolution of National Security at the Interface Between Domestic and International Investment Law and Policy: The Role of China
In: The Journal of World Investment & TradeSearch for other papers by Lizzie Knight in
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PubMed
Search for other papers by Tania Voon in
Current site
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PubMed
Abstract
As China’s economy grows and the global economy increasingly digitalises, security takes on heightened significance. Security exceptions exist in numerous investment agreements and domestic regulatory frameworks for reviewing foreign investments. These reviews have shifted to focus on China, particularly for investments involving data. Continued expansion of security as a basis for rejecting investment applications threatens economic integration, while allowing international tribunals to review these decisions by ruling on this exception may be counterproductive. Alternatives exist at domestic and international levels. Domestically, a focus on evidence-based assessments and the imposition of conditions may mitigate security concerns. International guidelines and principles are already established to assist investors and investment agencies. Further international rule reform may allow agreed solutions to data concerns in place of security as a catch-all response to perceived threats of foreign investment.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 3338 | 436 | 35 |
| Full Text Views | 465 | 46 | 3 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 908 | 105 | 6 |
