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14. Screening of Foreign Investments: Promises and Perils of Technological Sovereignty

Author : Marcin J. Menkes

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Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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International economic law scholars identified an emerging regulatory trend of screening foreign investments and the risks involved in blurring distinctions between economic and political issues for international peace and stability. Although various academic contributions capture current anomalies in international (economic) relations, they offer conflicting explanations. Instead, broadening analysis of such “surface tensions” to include deeper “tectonic movements”, resulting from technology progress, reconciles various scientific observation. It would also allow to harness earlier academic contributions to perform more proactive function. Regulation on investment screening, where it touches upon development and circulation on new technologies, should be developed with great cautiousness, so that we don’t fall into a trap of our own making.

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Title: Screening of Foreign Investments: Promises and Perils of Technological Sovereignty
Author: Marcin J. Menkes
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: World Trade and Local Public Interest
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-41919-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-41920-2

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-41920-2_14

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