The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

David Collins (Senior Lecturer, The City Law School, City University London)

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English

Oxford University Press
26 March 2013

International trade; International economic & trade law; Investment treaties & disputes; Financial services law & regulation

Series: International Economic Law Series

This book examines the relatively recent and under-explored phenomenon of outward foreign direct investment (FDI) from the large emerging market countries, focusing on the four BRIC states (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and on the services sector meaning primarily telecommunications, finance, and transport.

It considers the international legal framework governing FDI, discussing the nature and extent of the bilateral and regional investment treaty commitments undertaken by each of the BRIC states, including their commitments under the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services, as well as their obligations as members of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. Drawing on trends observed in the regulatory approach of these countries to FDI in services, including the observed flow of FDI both to and now from the developing world, the book proposes a multilateral investment treaty aimed at the liberalization and protection of FDI in services. The treaty will capture the emerging equilibrium in global FDI patterns signifying a unified approach to the regulation of foreign investment in the growing services economy by developing and developed economies alike. The treaty will strengthen the legitimacy of investor-state dispute settlement and recognize public interest norms such as environmental protection and human rights as well as allow signatories to retain sovereignty over matters relating to national security and economic stability.

By: David Collins (Senior Lecturer The City Law School City University London)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 536g
ISBN: 9780199652716
ISBN 10: 0199652716
Series: International Economic Law Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 26 March 2013
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Collins is a Senior Lecturer at the City Law School of City University where he teaches and researches in the field of international economic law, specializing in the law of the World Trade Organization and international investment law. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Globalisation and International Regulation at Maastricht University, a frequent Visiting Professor at ESADE Law School and a Current Development Editor for the Manchester Journal of International Economic Law. David has been a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of International Economic Law of Georgetown University, the World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, the University of Sydney Law School, the Asian Institute of International Financial Law at the University of Hong Kong, and Columbia Law School. His research has attracted funding from the British Academy, the Society of Legal Scholars, and the Foundation for Canadian Studies in the UK.

Reviews for The BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investment

Collins book covers the wide and fertile ground of international investment law with special reference to outward FDI from BRIC states. In the book Collins has showcased his encyclopedic knowledge of general international investment law as well as BRIC states particular international commitments in the field of FDI. The book will be of particular interest to scholars, students, and practitioners interested in the surge of outward FDI from the BRIC states and the relevant international investment legal framework governing this recent phenomenon. Moreover, if readers find the current fragmented international investment legal system excessively overlapping, inconsistent, and complicated, Collins proposal for the MAIS and the major provisions that it should contain certainly provide an essential reference point for further discussions ... the analysis in the book is excellent and sophisticated. * Ming Du, The Journal of World Investment & Trade * iThe BRIC States and Outward Foreign Direct Investmentr by Dr David Collins provides an interesting and thorough analysis of a subject that has not been the focus of extensive discussion in the literature. * David A. Gantz, International Trade Law and Regulation * Collins' book provides a fascinating study of this once fast-growing emerging trend among some developing countries ... Read Collins' book for useful insights on the BRICs, and a positive fix about what could be in rethinking international investment law. * Connie Carter, Banking and Finance Law Review *