General Interests of Host States in International Investment Law

Giorgio Sacerdoti is Professor of International Law at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, where he also holds the Jean Monnet Chair in European Law. He is an internationally recognized expert on both investment and trade law, having been both a member of the WTO Appellate Body and an investment arbitrator at ICSID. Pia Acconci is an Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Teramo, Italy, where her research focuses on the social responsibility of multinational companies and the relationship between international regulation of trade and investment and non-economic matters such as the protection of public health. Mara Valenti is a lecturer in international law at the Department of International Relations, University of Milan, Italy. Her teaching focuses on trade and investment law, and she also researches the fair and equitable treatment of foreign investors under bilateral treaties. Anna De Luca is a researcher at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, where her research centres on the admissibility of class actions in investment disputes and on the new competence of the European Union in the field of investment.

• Part I. General Interests of Host States in the Application of Investment Treaties: 1. The application of BITs in time of economic crisis: limits to their coverage, necessity and the relevance of WTO law Giorgio Sacerdoti; 2. The protection of general interests of host states in the application of the fair and equitable treatment standard Mara Valenti; 3. Indirect expropriations and regulatory takings: what role for the 'legitimate expectations' of foreign investors? Anna De Luca; 4. Trade and investment law: what relations? Friedl Weiss; 5. On the evolution and slow convergence of international trade and investment law Jurgen Kurtz; 6. Sovereign wealth funds as protected investors under BITs and the safeguard of the national security of host states Michele Barbieri; Part II. The Protection of Non-investment Concerns in International Investment Law: 7. The integration of non-investment concerns as an opportunity for the modernization of international investment law: is a multilateral approach desirable? Pia Acconci; 8. Intellectual property protection in investment agreements and public concerns Antonietta Di Blasé; 9. Up-keeping non-economic values in development assistance. Does the World Bank practice what it preaches? Answers from the Inspection Panel Agostina Latino; 10. The protection of indigenous peoples concerns in the World Bank-funded projects Martina Guidi; Part III. The Protection of General Interests of Host States and the EU as a New Player in the Investment Arena: 11. The future of BITs between EU member states: are intra-EU BITs compatible with the internal market? Paola Mariani; 12. European Union restrictions to the free movement of capital vs. BITs guarantees: learning from the European Court of Justice case law Elsa Milanesi; 13. Ensuring the consistency of the EU investment policy within the EU external action: the relevance of non-trade values Alessando Perfetti; 14. Non-financial concerns in the lending policy of the European Investment Bank in context Emanuela Pistoia; Part IV. The Protection of General Interests of Host States in the Trade and Investment Context: Other Regional Perspectives: 15. The protection of general interests of host states in regional agreements in the Asia-Pacific area Claudio Dordi; 16. Domestic policies and international investment agreements in MERCOSUR countries Arno Dal Ri and Paulo De Alcântara Veloso; Part V. The Protection of General Interests of Host States from the Italian Perspective: 17. Italy's treaty practice and case law: what balance between investors' protection and general interests of states? Federico Ortino and Domenico Di Pietro; 18. Diplomatic intervention and state-to-state arbitration as alternative means for the protection of foreign investments and host states' general interests: the Italian experience Matilde Recanati.