Foreign Investment, Strategic Assets and National Security

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Esplugues
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Strategic Assets

scholarly journals Takeover Bids in Europe in Times of a World-wide Pandemic Threat: A Delicate Balance Between the Fundamental Freedoms and the Protection of Europe’s and the Member States’ Strategic Assets

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 353-362
Author(s):  
Marieke Wyckaert
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Delicate Balance ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The Future ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Pandemic Threat ◽  
Takeover Bids

This paper explores takeover bids in Europe in times of the COVID-19 pandemic. The search for a balance between maintaining the open market as a European achievement and the protection of national security and public order is not a new phenomenon. This search is not easy with the future FDI Regulation and will raise additional questions.The FDI Regulation became very concrete thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic: At the beginning of the crisis, the Commission presented a Communication setting out guidelines for FDI to be applied prior to the regulation.

scholarly journals Foreign investment activities of Chinese companies

2014 ◽  
Vol 66 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 231-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Antevski ◽  
Sanja Filipovic
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Private Companies ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Geographic Dispersion ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Investment Capital

Chinese investments abroad have recorded high growth rates in the last decade, but its scope is still small in comparison to those of developed industrial countries. The state plays a key role in its encouragement and support directly and indirectly. Large state corporations are the biggest investors abroad, somewhere investments of Chinese private companies dominate, e.g. in Africa. There is a great geographic dispersion of investment flows, while the highest concentration is in developing countries. The main drivers of investment capital are trade, energy sources, natural resources, infrastructure projects and acquisition of strategic assets. These drivers are often are combined from two or more ones which are mutually supportive.

TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN TRADE POLICY AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2021 ◽  
pp. 74-82
Author(s):  
Vladimir M. Kutovoi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Trade ◽  
Trade Policy ◽  
National Security ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
International Investment ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Foreign Trade Policy ◽  
Investment Policies

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seriously affected the international investment policies of the G20 countries. There has been a growing trend to introduce measures with reference to the protection of national security aiming at countering threats that may be associated with foreign investment. Given the role of international investment in alleviating the economic crisis, governments should continue to improve the investment climate while protecting their national security interests.

The UK's proposed foreign direct investment regime: the tide is turning

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Veronica Roberts
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
National Security ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
White Paper ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Uk Government ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Uk

The UK Government has recently published a White Paper proposing the creation of a new foreign investment regime, under which the Government would have powers to review a very broad range of transactions if they give rise to a national security risk. This article reviews the key provisions of the Government's proposal and also highlights the broader global context, with a number of other countries also expanding their own foreign investment regimes.

Investment Location Selection based on Economic Intelligence and Macbeth Decision Aid Model

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Mostafa Bachrane ◽  
Abdelilah Khaled ◽  
Jamila El Alami ◽  
Mostafa Hanoune
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Decision Aid ◽  
New Method ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Geographic Locations ◽  
Location Selection ◽  
Strategic Assets ◽  
Investment Location

In this paper, the authors present a case study that aims to apply some sound MCDM techniques in the case of Economic Intelligence (EI) and show how the use of strategic information may help deciders to choose among geographic locations in which they could settle their investments. In this regard, the authors propose a new method that uses the multi-criteria decision support of MACBETH to tackle this issue. This method is used to rank thirteen countries likely to be chosen for location in order of preference from good to unfavourable. The integration of the MCDM in Economic Intelligence (EI) permits to rank countries of the Mediterranean according to their territorial competitiveness obtained through the global scores computed by the aforementioned technique of MACBETH. The results obtained allow the authors to affirm that France and Morocco have favourable strategic assets to attract foreign investment.

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