EU and Investment Agreements Open Questions and Remaining Challenges

The transfer of Foreign Direct Investment competence to the EU with the Treaty of Lisbon opened the way for a more coherent EU international investment policy. Nevertheless, questions and challenges that need to be successfully addressed in order to achieve the dynamic EU investment policy desired by the EU treaty-makers are still unresolved. This book focuses on topical and highly-debated issues, including the role of the Member States during the negotiation and conclusion of future EU investment agreements, and it gives specific attention to the ongoing negotiations with Canada, as well as the upcoming ones with China. Furthermore, the book discusses the inclusion of investor-State dispute settlement provisions in these agreements, as well as the status of national investment insurance systems in the wake of the Treaty of Lisbon. (Series: Studies on International Investment Law / Studien zum Internationalen Investitionsrecht - Vol. 7)

Marc Bungenberg is the Chair of Public Law, European Law, Public International Law and International Economic Law at the University of Siegen and an Academic Advisor to the International Investment Law Centre Cologne. August Reinisch is Professor of International and European Law and head of the Section for International Law and International Relations at the University of Vienna. Christian Tietje is Professor of International and European Law and International Economic Law at the Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle Wittenberg.