Sauvant, Karl P.2012-03-192012-03-192009-09-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4244Over the past two decades or so, countries have liberalized their FDI regulatory frameworks and have put in place an international investment law regime that provides various protections for international investors. In the past few years, however, there are signs that countries are reevaluating their approach toward such investment. As a result, FDI protectionism is on the rise, with screening of inward M&As becoming more frequent. Typically, this is being done under the guise of "national interest" or similar concepts, often linked to strategic sectors and national champions. While the international investment law regime faces a challenge to find the right balance between the rights and responsibilities of governments and investors, care needs to be taken that the rise of FDI protectionism does not endanger a rules-based approach to FDI. An independent FDI Protectionism Observatory to monitor new protectionist measures and name and shame countries that take them is therefore needed.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGADVERSE EFFECTAFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONSARBITRAL AWARDSARBITRAL DECISIONSARBITRATIONARBITRATIONSAVAILABILITY OF CREDITBARRIERS TO INVESTMENTBILATERAL INVESTMENTBILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIESBILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATYBUSINESS APPLICATIONSBUSINESS CLIMATEBUSINESS SCHOOLCHAMBER OF COMMERCECONFIDENTIALITYCONTRIBUTIONCONVERGENCECREDIT INFORMATIONCREDIT INFORMATION SYSTEMSCRITICAL INFRASTRUCTUREDEPOSITSDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISMDOMESTIC ENTERPRISESDOMESTIC INSTITUTIONSDOMESTIC INVESTORSDOUBLE TAXATIONECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTECONOMIC SECURITYEMERGING MARKETSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SERVICESFOREIGN AFFILIATESFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTSFOREIGN DIRECT INVESTORSFOREIGN EXCHANGEFOREIGN GOVERNMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTFOREIGN INVESTMENTSFOREIGN INVESTORFOREIGN INVESTORSFOREIGN MARKETSFOREIGN TRADEFOREIGN TRANSACTIONSFREE TRADEFREE TRADE AGREEMENTSGLOBAL TRADEHARMONIZATIONHOME COUNTRYHOST COUNTRIESHOST COUNTRYINDUSTRIAL ASSETSINSTRUMENTINSURANCEINTANGIBLEINTANGIBLE ASSETSINTERGOVERNMENTAL APPROACHINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL BANKINTERNATIONAL ECONOMICSINTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTINTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTSINTERNATIONAL INVESTORINTERNATIONAL INVESTORSINTERNATIONAL LAWINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVENTORYINVESTINGINVESTMENT CLIMATEINVESTMENT DECISIONSINVESTMENT DISPUTESINVESTMENT FLOWSINVESTMENT FUNDINVESTMENT MEASURESINVESTMENT POLICIESINVESTMENT POLICYINVESTMENT PROMOTIONINVESTMENT REGIMEINVESTMENT REGULATIONSINVESTOR-STATE DISPUTE SETTLEMENTJURISDICTIONLEGAL FRAMEWORKSLEGAL RECOURSELIBERALIZATIONLOCAL FIRMSMEMBER COUNTRIESMONOPOLYMULTILATERAL FRAMEWORKMULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURENATIONAL POLICIESNATIONAL SECURITYNATURAL RESOURCEOPEN COUNTRIESOPEN ECONOMIESOPEN INVESTMENTPOLICY RESPONSESPOLITICAL CONSIDERATIONSPRODUCTION NETWORKSPROTECTION OF INVESTORSPROTECTIONSPROVISION OF CREDITPUBLIC AUTHORITIESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SAFETYPUBLIC SECURITYRECESSIONREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY FRAMEWORKSREGULATORY REGIMERESPONSIBILITIESSALESSECURITIESSECURITY CONCERNSSECURITY INTERESTSECURITY INTERESTSSENIORSETTLEMENTSTAKEHOLDERSSTATEMENTTAXTELECOMMUNICATIONSTERRORISMTRADINGTRADING SYSTEMTRANSACTIONTRANSFER OF OWNERSHIPTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORT SERVICESTREASURYTREATIESTREATYVALUABLEWORLD ECONOMYWORLD EXPORTSWORLD INVESTMENTWORLD INVESTMENT REPORTWORLD TRADEWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-5052