Making of an International Investment Facilitation Framework

Axel Berger is Deputy Director (interim) at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) and Managing Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Germany. He works on the design, effects and diffusion patterns of international trade and investment agreements. Other areas of current research include the development effects of an international investment facilitation framework in the WTO and the role of the G7 and G20 in global governance. Manjiao Chi is Full Professor, Law School, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing. He teaches and publishes extensively in international economic governance, dispute settlement and sustainable development. He frequently consults governments, international organizations and private parties on cutting-edge international economic law issues, and holds or held visiting positions in leading law schools across the world.

'This book presents the first comprehensive analysis of the main existing efforts on investment facilitation. It is a great contribution for scholars and for trade negotiators and policymakers, as investment facilitation has been proved to be key to attract not only more but better investment, which is necessary for the transition to a more sustainable economy.' Sofía Boza, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Chile to the World Trade Organization

• Introduction: law, politics and economics of international disciplines on investment facilitation for development Axel Berger and Manjiao Chi; Part I. Investment Facilitation Rules in International and Domestic Law: 1. Domestic investment facilitation frameworks: measuring their extent and variation Axel Berger, Florian Gitt and Ali Dadkhah; 2. Investment facilitation provisions in international investment agreements and the multilateral framework on investment facilitation for development Rodrigo Polanco; 3. Relationship between the investment facilitation for development and other WTO agreements – potential overlaps and complementarities in the non-service sector Yuka Fukunaga; 4. Investment facilitation and dispute settlement: a structural analysis Manjiao Chi; Part II. Political Economy Perspectives of Investment Facilitation Rule-Making: 5. Economic impacts of an investment facilitation for development agreement Edward J. Balistreri and Zoryana Olekseyuk; 6. The political economy of an investment facilitation for development agreement in Brazil, India and China Julia Calvert; 7. Facilitation of Foreign direct investment through International economic law – contribution to the right to development and SDGs Ole Kristian Fauchald; 8. Plurilateral negotiations in the WTO on services domestic regulation and investment facilitation for development Christian Pitschas; 9. Special economic zones and investment facilitation Richard Bolwijn and Jing Li; 10. Investment facilitation and the Global technology sector: intergovernmental cooperation versus geopolitical rivalry Simon B. C. Lacey; Part III. Regional Perspectives of Investment Facilitation Rule-Making: 11. Domestic governance and treaty practice of Brazil's investment cooperation and facilitation agreements Michelle R. Sanchez-Badin and Manu Misra; 12. The European Union and investment facilitation at the WTO Sophie Meunier and Christilla Roederer-Rynning; 13. China's approach to investment facilitation Xiuli Han; 14. The WTO facilitation framework without Africa: unpacking the conundrum Malebakeng Agnes Forere; Index.