New Frontiers in Investment Screening Law
Christoph Herrmann
Abstract
The rise of investment screening represents one of the most important developments in domestic and international economic law in recent years. Unprecedentedly, States have introduced new screening processes that have changed the DNA of foreign investment rules in many jurisdictions. This invites a more fundamental reflection on the role that international economic law can play in the current decade – a decade that may well mark a new geopolitical era of economic conflict, potentially embedded in larger political and military conflicts. The Introduction provides a tour d’horizon that situates investment screening within this broader picture. It outlines the significant role of the new geopolitical rivalries and their legal approaches to investment screening, sketching the potential of the comparative analysis undertaken by their contributions to the Special Issue. The introduction ends with a reflection on how the current system of international economic law must increasingly be considered a misfit for new political realities.
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Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40
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