Articles and Book Chapters

Category: Publications

• Benefit Sharing, Power, and the Performance of Multi-stakeholder Institutions at Ghana's Ahafo MineSam Szoke-Burke and Eric Werker, Resources Policy, Volume 71, 2021-01-20
• Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment ContractsSam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Northwestern Journal on International Law & Business, Volume 41 (2020-2021), 2020-06
• Making Coffee SustainableJeffrey D. Sachs and Kaitlin Cordes, op. ed., Food Tank, 2020-01
• Making FDI More Sustainable: Towards an Indicative List of FDI Sustainability CharacteristicsKarl P. Sauvant and Howard Mann, Journal of World Investment & Trade, Vol. 20, pp. 916-952, 2019-12
• The Case for an Advisory Centre on International Investment LawKarl P. Sauvant, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2019-10-17
• How Can Foreign Direct Investment Fulfil Its Development Potential in Least Developed Countries?Karl P. Sauvant, Trade for Development News, 2019-06-27
• African Mining and the SDGs: From Vision to RealityKathryn Sturman, Perrine Toledano, Charles F. A. Akayuli, Mzamose Gondwe, in M. Ramutsindela and D. Mickler, eds., Sustainable Development Goals Series, (Springer, Cham), 2019-06-14
• The Potential Value-added of a Multilateral Framework on Investment Facilitation for DevelopmentKarl P. Sauvant, Transnational Dispute Management, 2019-06
• Determining Quality FDI: A Commentary on the OECD’s “FDI Qualities Project”Karl P. Sauvant, Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 2019-04-20
• The Significance of International Investment LawKarl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 2019-03-21
• Investment Treaties, Investor-State Dispute Settlement, and Inequality: How International Investment Treaties Exacerbate Domestic DisparitiesLise Johnson and Lisa E. Sachs, in José Antonio Ocampo, ed., International Rules and Inequality: Implications for Global Economic Governance (Columbia University Press), 2019-01
• Emerging Markets and the International Investment Law and Policy RegimeKarl P. Sauvant, in Robert Grosse and Klaus Meyer, eds., The Oxford Handbook of Management in Emerging Markets, (Oxford University Press, forthcoming), 2019
• A Model for “Smart” Mineral Enterprise Development for Spurring Investment in Climate Change Mitigation TechnologySaleem H. Ali, Robert K. Perrons, Perrine Toledano, and Nicolas Maennling, Energy Research and Social Science, Vol 58, 2019
• Investments and Human Rights in the Agricultural SectorKaitlin Cordes, in Yannick Radi, ed., Research Handbook on Human Rights and Investment, (Elgar), pp. 414–451, 2018-12-28
• Framing the Global Pact for the Environment: Why It’s Needed, What It Does, and How It Does ItNathan Lobel and Teresa Parejo, Fordham Environmental Law Review, Volume 30, No. 1, pp. 32-61, 2018-12
• Buenos Aires Summit is a Good Place to Start Fighting Back Against UnilateralismKarl P. Sauvant, et al, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2018-11-27
• Putting FDI on the G20 AgendaKarl P. Sauvant and Axel Berger, op. ed., Project Syndicate, 2018-08-03
• Tax Expenditure and the Treatment of Tax Incentives for InvestmentLise Johnson, et al, Economics e-Journal, 2018-07-19
• Time to Move Ahead with Investment FacilitationKarl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 2018-07-05
• Implementing Shared-Use of Mining Infrastructure to Achieve the Sustainable Development GoalsPerrine Toledano and Nicolas Maennling, in Sumit K. Lodhia, ed., Mining and Sustainable Development, Current Issues (Series: Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development), Chapter 13, 2018-01
• China Moves the G20 Toward an International Investment Framework and Investment FacilitationKarl P. Sauvant, in Julien Chaisse, ed., China's Three-Prong Investment Strategy: Bilateral, Regional and Global Tracks (London: OUP), 2018
• Reactions to China’s Cross-Border Investment and International Investment LawKarl P. Sauvant and Michael D. Nolan, in Martina Fuchs, Sebastian Henn, Martin Franz, and Ram Mudambi, eds., Managing Culture and Interspace in Cross-border Investments (New York and London: Routledge), pp. 98-109, 2017-08
• A New Challenge for Emerging Markets: The Need to Develop an Outward FDI PolicyKarl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 2017-07-31
• Il Contributo Delle Compagnie Oil & Gas Nel Raggiungimento Degli Obiettivi Energetici E Climatici (How Oil and Gas Companies Can Help Meet the Global Goals on Energy and Climate Change)Lisa Sachs, Nicolas Maennling and Perrine Toledano, RiEnergia, 2017-03-28
• After Successes at Hangzhou G20, it’s Germany’s Turn to Keep Momentum GoingKarl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 2017-01-13
• At the Intersection of Land Grievances and Legal Liability: The Need to Reconsider Contract Rights and Expectations at the Supranational LevelKaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson, and Sam Szoke-Burke, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 49, pp. 515-567, 2017
• Reforming the International Investment Regime: Two ChallengesKarl P. Sauvant, in Julien Chaisse, Tomoko Ishikawa and Sufian Jusoh, eds., Asia’s Changing Investment Regime: Sustainability, Regionalization, and Arbitration (Singapore: Springer), 2017
• International Investment Agreements: Impacts on Climate Change Policies in India, China and BeyondLise Johnson and Brooke Güven, in Trade in the Balance: Reconciling Trade and Climate Policy (Boston University, Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and Global Economic Governance Initiative), pp. 50-57, 2016-11
• National FDI Policy Competition and the Changing International Investment RegimeKarl P. Sauvant, in Richard Frimpong Oppong and William Kissi Agyebeng, eds., A Commitment to Law: Essays in Honour of Nana Dr. Samuel Kwadwo Boaten Asante (London: Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publications), 2016-10
• Here's the DealSam Szoke-Burke, RICS Land Journal, p.20, 2016-10
• Fortschritte Beim Globalem Investitionsabkommen (Progress Toward a Global Investment Agreement)Karl P. Sauvant and Thomas Jost, op. ed., Börsen-Zeitung, No. 174, 2016-09-9
• TransCanada Lawsuit Highlights Need to Scuttle TPPJeffrey D. Sachs, Brooke Güven and Lisa Sachs, op. ed., MSNBC, 2016-07
• How Investment Agreements Can Protect Free MediaLee C. Bollinger and Karl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Project Syndicate, 2016-07
• The Evolving International Investment Law and Policy Regime: Ways ForwardKarl P. Sauvant, Bridges Africa, Volume 5, No. 5, pp. 1-11 (also in Spanish in Puentes, Volume 17, No. 3), 2016-06
• China, the G20 and the International Investment RegimeKarl P. Sauvant, in Andrea Goldstein and Alessia Amighini, eds., Towards the 2016 G20: Global Analyses and Challenges for the Chinese Presidency, special issue of China and the World Economy, Volume 24, No. 4, pp. 73-92 , 2016-05 [+]
  A shortened -- but updated -- version was published in Chinese, under the title "中国与G20：为诸边或多边投资协定奠定基础" (“China and the G20: Laying the Basis for a Plurilateral/Multilateral Investment Agreement”), in the Journal of International Economic Cooperation, No. 9, pp. 14-19
• ResourceContracts.org –A Searchable Repository for Publicly Available Mining and Petroleum ContractsSophie Thomashausen, Mining Law Committee News, Volume 8, Number 1, pp. 14-15, 2016-04
• Sustainable Development Goals: How Can the Mining Sector Contribute?Lisa Sachs, The Guardian, 2016-03-29
• A Silver Lining? Impact of Commodity Price Fall on Good Governance in Sierra LeoneHerbert M'cleod, Nicolas Maennling and Lisa Sachs, GOXI, 2016-03-24
• The Real Danger in TPPLise Johnson, Lisa Sachs and Jeffrey Sachs, op. ed., CNN, 2016-02-19
• The Outsized Costs of Investor–State Dispute SettlementLise Johnson and Lisa Sachs, AIB Insights, Volume 16, No 1, 2016-02
• Periodic Review in Natural Resource ContractsJacky Mandelbaum, Salli Anne Swartz and John Hauert, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Vol 7, No. 1, 2016-01
• The Challenge: How Can Foreign Direct Investment Fulfil Its Development Potential?Karl P. Sauvant, OECD, Development Co-operation Report 2016, pp. 50-51. Reprinted in OECD Insights, 2016
• Lessons From the Negotiations of the United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational Corporations and Related InstrumentsKarl P. Sauvant, in C. L. Lim, ed., Alternative Visions of the International Investment Law on Foreign Investment. Essays in Honour of Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, (Cambridge University Press), pp. 186-193, 2016
• 中国与G20：为诸边或多边投资协定奠定基础 (China and the G20: Laying the Basis for a Plurilateral/Multilateral Investment Agreement)Karl P. Sauvant, Journal of International Economic Cooperation, No. 9, pp. 14-19, 2016
• Emerging Practices in Community Development AgreementsJennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum, Sam Szoke-Burke, Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Vol 7, No. 1, 2016
• The Next Step in Governance: The Need for Global Micro-Regulatory Frameworks in the Context of Expanding International ProductionKarl P. Sauvant, in T. C. Ambos, B. Ambos and J. Birkinshaw, eds., Perspectives on Headquarters – Subsidiary Relationships in the Contemporary MNC, 2016 [+]
  in a section on “Additional Contributions by AIB Fellows,” edited by Jean Boddewyn (Bingley, UK: Emerald, 2016), ch. 15
• Corporate Agricultural Investment and the Right to Food: Addressing Disparate Protections and Promoting Rights-Consistent OutcomesKaitlin Y. Cordes and Anna Bulman, UCLA Journal of International Law & Foreign Affairs, Volume 20, pp. 87-161, 2016
• Uncloaking the Secrecy Behind Large-scale Land DealsJesse Coleman, State of the Planet, 2015-12-17
• Global Value Chains and Resource Corridors: The Nexus is Regional IntegrationPerrine Toledano, GREAT Insights Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 6, 2015-12
• Exploring the Link Between Food Security and Climate ChangeKaitlin Cordes, Media Planet (distributed through USA Today), 2015-11-30
• TPP Would Let Foreign Investors Bypass the Canadian Public InterestLisa Sachs and Lise Johnson, op. ed., The Globe and Mail, 2015-11-25
• An Institutional Roadmap to Sustainable InvestmentKarl P. Sauvant, op. ed., Shanghai Daily, 2015-11-17
• Next Generation Treaty - India’s New Model BIT Makes it Clear that its Goal is to Accomplish More than Investor ProtectionLisa Sachs, Lise Johnson, Sudhanshu Roy, op.ed., The Indian Express, 2015-11-12
• China's Outward Foreign Direct Investment and International Investment LawKarl P. Sauvant and Michael D. Nolan, Journal of International Economic Law, pp. 1-42 (abbreviated version appears in Liebman and Milhaupt, eds., Regulating the Visible Hand? The Institutional Implications of Chinese State Capitalism, OUP, pp. 285-311), 2015-11
• Shared-Use Mining Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan AfricaSophie Thomashausen and Glen Ireland, Mining Law Committee News, Volume 7, Number 1, pp. 9-11, 2015-10
• Measuring Land Rights for a Sustainable FutureKaitlin Y. Cordes and Jeffrey D. Sachs, op.ed., Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) , 2015-09-22
• Policy Options for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in the Least Developed CountriesKarl P. Sauvant and Padma Mallampally, Transnational Corporations Review, Volume 7, Number 3, pp. 237-268 , 2015-09
• Wrong Direction on Climate, Trade and DevelopmentLisa Sachs and Lise Johnson, op. ed., The Hill, 2015-06-22
• Attracting Foreign Direct Investment and Benefiting from it: Challenges for the Least Developed CountriesKarl P. Sauvant, Transnational Corporations Review, Volume 7, Number 2, pp. 125-127, 2015-06
• Resource Resilience: How to Break the Commodities CycleLisa Sachs and Nicolas Maennling, World Politics Review, 2015-05-26
• Why Fast Track Is a Dangerous Gift to Corporate LobbiesJeffrey Sachs, Lisa Sachs and Lise Johnson, op. ed., The Huffington Post, 2015-05-19
• Not So FastJeffrey Sachs, Lisa Sachs and Lise Johnson, op. ed., U.S. News & World Report, 2015-05-12
• Eyes Wide Shut On ISDSLisa Sachs and Lise Johnson, op. ed., The Hill, 2015-04-22
• The Negotiations of the United Nations Code of Conduct on Transnational CorporationsKarl P. Sauvant, The Journal of World Investment & Trade, Volume 16, pp.11-87, 2015-03 [+]
  An adapted version of part of this paper appears in C. L. Lim, ed., Alternative Visions of the International Investment Law on Foreign Investment. Essays in Honour of Muthucumaraswamy Sornarajah, Cambridge University Press, 2016, pp. 186-193.
• The Responsible Investor’s Guide to Climate ChangeJeffrey Sachs and Lisa Sachs, op. ed., Project Syndicate, 2015-01-29
• Making Agricultural Investments Work for Land Users & CommunitiesKaitlin Y. Cordes, Focus On Land In Africa, 2014-12
• Toward Win-Win Sustainable DevelopmentInterview with Lisa Sachs, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 2014-11-18
• G7 Move for Fair and Stable Contracts Can Be a Boon to Developing EconomiesKarl Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2014-07-10
• China Needs ‘Going-In’ Rules for FDI GoodwillKarl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, Shanghai Daily, 2014-06-23
• China’s Regulatory Framework for Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentKarl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, China Economic Journal, Volume 7, No 1, pp. 141-163., 2014-02
• Trading Away Human RightsKaitlin Y. Cordes and Olivier De Schutter, op. ed., Project Syndicate, 2014-01-07
• State Liability for Regulatory Change: How International Investment Rules are Overriding Domestic LawLise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov, Investment Treaty News, IISD, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2014-01-06
• Background Paper on Investment Incentives for Eighth Columbia International Investment ConferenceLise Johnson, Perrine Toledano, 2013-11-08
• Challenges for China’s Outward FDIKarl P. Sauvant, China Daily, 2013-10-31
• Cameroon Pastoralists Fight for their Way of LifeKaitlin Y. Cordes, Think Africa Press, 2013-09-19
• New UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules on Transparency: Application, Content and Next StepsLise Johnson, Investment Treaty News, IISD, 2013-09-18
• Mobil v. Canada – Ratcheting Down the Scope of Treaty ReservationsLise Johnson, Investment Policy Hub, UNCTAD, 2013-09-10
• Memo to the Obama Administration on the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements 2013-09-05 [+]
  In September 2013, the VCC sent a memo to President Obama and his Administration in response to the first public reports submitted by U.S. companies in compliance with the Burma Responsible Investment Reporting Requirements. The memo applauded the U.S. Government’s efforts to encourage responsible investment in Burma, noting that robust due diligence is essential to ensuring that international investments contribute to sustainable development. Yet the memo also urged the Obama Administration to take steps to strengthen future reporting. In particular, the VCC urged the Administration to issue clarifying guidance that any U.S. investor submitting a report should (1) provide information on due diligence policies and procedures related to land rights, and (2) provide thorough information in response to each reporting question, regardless of whether its investments are “passive.”
• Why the Extractive Industry Should Support Mandatory Transparency: A Shared Value ApproachJulien Topal and Perrine Toledano, Business and Society Review, Volume 118, Issue 3, pp. 271–298, 2013-09
• On Solid Ground: Toward Effective Resource-Based DevelopmentLisa Sachs, World Politics Review, 2013-08-06
• Advancing Domestic Development Through Overseas InvestmentKarl P. Sauvant and Victor Z. Chen, East Asia Forum Quarterly, 2013-07
• Investment to the Fore in EU-US PartnershipKarl P. Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2013-06-20
• Great Debate: Mining in Latin AmericaLisa Sachs, The Morningside Post, 2013-04-25
• A Prickly Partnership Takes RootPerrine Toledano, Africa Investor, 2013-01
• Ask the Experts: MiningLisa Sachs, Americas Quarterly, 2013-01
• Prospering in the United StatesKarl P. Sauvant, in Ji Tao, Liu Baijia, William Ahearn, Ho Manli and John B. Wood, eds., Chinese Enterprises in the United States 2013 (New York: China Daily USA), pp. 206-207, 2013
• Investor-State Contracts, Host-State “Commitments” and the Myth of Stability in International LawLise Johnson and Oleksandr Volkov, The American Review of International Arbitration, Volume 24, No. 3, pp. 361-415, 2013
• Foreign Direct Investment by Emerging Economy Multinationals: Coping with the Global CrisisKarl P. Sauvant and Geraldine McAllister, in Marin A. Marinov and Svetla T. Marinova, eds., Emerging Economies and Firms in the Global Crisis (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), pp. 14-46, 2013
• The 2012 US Model BIT and What the Changes (or Lack Thereof) Suggest About Future Investment TreatiesLise Johnson, Political Risk Insurance Newsletter, 2012-11
• FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment, 2nd Edition, edited by Karl P. Sauvant and Jennifer Reimer 2012-11 [+]
  This second edition provides an overview of important contemporary issues relating to foreign direct investment (FDI) and multinational enterprises for all those who are interested in this subject, but are not always in a position to follow diverse perspectives and what is being written in the various corners of this field. The contributions are grouped under the following headings: attracting FDI and its impact; the rise of emerging market investors; national policies; sustainable international investment; and international investment treaties and arbitration. The volume brings together all Perspectives published since the inception of this series.
• Intra-African Investment – A Pressing IssueLise Johnson, Shawn Pelsinger and Sritha Reddy, Africa Investor, 2012-11
• Inching Towards Consensus: An Update on the UNCITRAL Transparency NegotiationsLise Johnson, Investment Treaty News, IISD, 2012-10-30
• Submissions to UNCITRAL Working Group II on Arbitration and Conciliation 2012-10-12 [+]
  Most investment treaties grant investors the procedural right to bring claims against governments through investor-state arbitration. Under the arbitration rules that commonly govern the proceedings, including the arbitration rules developed by a United Nations body, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), these disputes can remain hidden from public view from their commencement through conclusion. Recognizing the public interest in investor-state arbitration, UNCITRAL has been working since 2010 to develop a legal standard that would ensure transparency in investor-state arbitration. Committed to the belief that transparency in investor-state arbitration is fundamental for accountability, good governance, and the rule of law, elements which are, in turn, crucial for sustainable development, the VCC has been participating in the UNCITRAL process and has drafted various notes and proposals in support of the effort to increase public access to information regarding these disputes. In October 2012, the VCC and partners submitted two documents to country delegations to UNCITRAL: a background note describing and analyzing the key issues involved in UNCITRAL’s work to increase transparency in investor-state arbitrations, and a proposal for specific text that UNCITRAL could adopt. Based on developments in October 2012, in February 2013, the VCC submitted additional comments on UNCITRAL’s efforts to ensure transparency of investor-state arbitration. In July 2013, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) adopted its Rules on Transparency in Treaty-based Investor-State Arbitration. The Rules on Transparency offer a carefully negotiated and widely approved template for how to conduct investor-state arbitrations in a way that is consistent with the global recognition of the importance of transparency as a tool for promoting effective democratic participation, good governance, accountability, predictability and the rule of law. This fall, UNCITRAL will prepare a convention to facilitate wide application of the new rules to UNCITRAL and non-UNCITRAL arbitrations under existing and future treaties. The VCC, together with the Center for International Environmental Law and International Institute for Sustainable Development, has prepared a paper describing the new Rules on Transparency and UNCITRAL’s next steps.
• Devil in the Bidding Detail, op. ed.Lisa Sachs, Jacky Mandelbaum and Perrine Toledano, The Indian Express, 2012-09-28
• Equal Treatment for Outward Investors, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Project Syndicate, 2012-06-12
• Slouching toward Rio, op. ed.Shefa Siegel, Haaretz, 2012-06-08
• Openness in Extraction, op. ed.Lisa Sachs and Shefa Siegel, Project Syndicate, 2012-06-01
• Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Through Insurance for Overseas Investments: The example of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment CorporationLise Johnson, IISD, 2012-05
• New kid on the block learning the rulesKarl P. Sauvant, East Asia Forum Quarterly, 2012-04
• FDI Perspective No. 79 (September 24, 2012), "Absent from the discussion: The other half of investment promotion"Lise Johnson, 2012-02-24
• Why good governance of land and tenure security need to be part of the Sustainable Development Goal framework 2012-01 [+]
  The VCC and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s Thematic Group on Good Governance of Extractive and Land Resources published a short briefing note on including land governance in the Sustainable Development Goal framework. The note argues that incorporating good governance of land and tenure security would help meet a number of proposed sustainable development goals for the post-2015 development agenda, including reducing poverty, strengthening food security, empowering women, and alleviating commercial pressures on land. The note recommends the inclusion of an access-to-land indicator to help measure governments’ efforts.
• Negotiations on the Bilateral Investment Treaty Between China and the USA: Consensus, Controversies and Prospect (in Chinese)Karl P. Sauvant and Chen Huiping, Journal of International Economic Law, Volume 19, No. 4, 2012
• Foreword - Impacts of Emerging Economies and Firms on International BusinessKarl P. Sauvant, in Marin A. Marinov and Svetla T. Marinova, eds., Impacts of Emerging Economies and Firms on International Business (Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan), pp. xii-xiv, 2012
• Foreword - Russian Multinationals: From Regional Supremacy to Global LeadKarl P. Sauvant, Andrei Panibratov, Russian Multinationals: From Regional Supremacy to Global Lead (London: Routledge), 2012
• The Source of All AvariceShefa Siegel, review of Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World’s Deadliest Place, Haaretz, 2011-12
• China, Inc. goes global, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Project Syndicate, 2011-11-30 [+]
  This op. ed. was also published in The Korea Times (South Korea), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Khaleej Times (UAE), Lianhe Zaobao (Singapore), The Straits Times (Singapore), La Vanguardia (Spain), Jordan Times (Jordan), Bangkok Post (Thailand), China National News (China), Columbia Business School-Chazen Global Insights (USA), Caijing Magazine (China), Politiken (Denmark), Business Intelligence (Macau), Taipei Times (Taiwan), The Georgian Times (Georgia), Wyborcza (Poland), Al Watan Daily (Kuwait), Times of Oman (Oman), Al Arab (Qatar), Les Echos (Mali/France).
• Is the United States ready for FDI from China?Karl P. Sauvant, China Daily insert in The New York Times, 2011-11-10 [+]
  (Also published in a China Daily insert in The Wall Street Journal and the China Daily Special WTO Anniversary Edition).
• Wider role for our miners in AfricaLisa Sachs, Joel Negin and Glenn Denning, The Australian Financial Review, 2011-08-31
• You don’t have to be big to be a multinationalKarl P. Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2011-08-25
• Overcoming liability of foreignness, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, China Daily, 2011-05-23
• Learning from experience: An interview with three expertsInterview with Karl P. Sauvant (and others), Political Risk Insurance Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2011, pp. 1, 4-8, 2011-05
• China: Inward and Outward Foreign Direct InvestmentKarl P. Sauvant, in Transnational Corporations Review, Volume 3, No. 1, 2011-03
• Interview with Karl P. Sauvant for “The Rise of China” (video) 2011 [+]
  Video in celebration of China’s 60th Anniversary (produced by Netease).
• The regulatory framework for investment: where are we headed?Karl P. Sauvant, in Ravi Ramamurti and Niron Hashai, eds., The Future of Foreign Direct Investment and the Multinational Enterprise (Emerald Group Publishing: 2011), pp. 407-433, 2011 [+]
  See also the table of contents and front matter, or visit the Emerald Bookstore for ordering information.
• Le Defi Chinois, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant and Ken Davies, Project Syndicate, 2010-12-02 [+]
  This article was reprinted in the following publications: Biencar Hebdo (Cameroon); Ethio-Chamber (Ethiopia); Les Echos (Mali); Le Quotidien de Nouakchott (Mauritania); The New Times (Rwanda); The Shanghai Daily (China); Jakarta Post (Indonesia); The Japan Times (Japan); Business World (Phillipines); Taipei Times (Taiwan); Wyborcza (Poland); Goodwill (Slovakia); Valor (Brazil); Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia); Borsen (Denmark); Le Nouvel Economiste (France); II sole – 24 Ore (Italy); The Malta Independent (Malta); L’Agefi (Switzerland).
• Interview with Karl P. Sauvant in O Globo.Danielle Nogueira, O Globo - Economia, 2010-11-22
• Investment Promotion Agencies and Sustainable FDI: Moving toward the Fourth Generation of Investment Promotion 2010-06-25 [+]
  The Vale Columbia Center and The World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) conducted a survey of investment promotion agencies (IPAs) that are members of WAIPA on FDI and sustainable development in April and May 2010. The report based on the findings, Investment Promotion Agencies and Sustainable FDI: Moving toward the Fourth Generation of Investment Promotion, benchmarks the responses of IPAs regarding sustainable FDI and its four dimensions (economic development, environmental sustainability, social development, governance) and finds, among other things, that these are unevenly addressed by investment promotion strategies and investment incentives. The report also draws attention to the desirability of attracting sustainable FDI, rather than focusing on volume of investment alone.
• Rapporteur’s Report on the Roundtable on States and State-Controlled Entities as Claimants in International Investment ArbitrationMichael Nolan, 2010-03 [+]
  International investment by State-controlled entities (SCEs) is on the rise. State-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially from Europe, have long been active players in the world FDI market. They have been joined, in the past few years, by a wide range of SOEs and sovereign wealth funds from emerging markets, including from China, Russia, and Singapore. Parallel to the rise of international investment, investors have become more assertive in pursuing their rights under international investment agreements. The result has been a rise in treaty-based international investment disputes. It can be expected that the number of international arbitrations initiated by SCEs, while currently limited, will likely grow in coming years as well. This, in turn, leads to the question as to what specific issues may arise in international arbitrations if a claimant is a State or a State-controlled entity. On March 19, 2010, the Vale Columbia Center hosted a Roundtable on States and State-Controlled Entities as Claimants in International Investment Arbitration. The Roundtable reviewed cases brought in the past by SCEs and the issues that were discussed in their context, and it looked at the experience gained in commercial arbitrations as regards SCEs. From there, the Roundtable moved on to a number of specific issues that appear to be most relevant in the context of SCEs as claimants, namely issues related to the initiation of claims, forum selection, parallel proceedings, counterclaims, and third-party financing.  Understanding the new environment in which SCEs may operate as parties to international arbitrations, as well as the principal issues relating to disputes involving them, becomes an increasingly important matter for anyone interested in international investment law and arbitration. More information on the Roundtable event, including the program and participant list, is available here.
• Preface - Transnational Corporations in China: Research and DevelopmentKarl P. Sauvant, in Hugh Deng, Hang Wu, Gloria Yuan, and Jingfeng Zhao, eds., Transnational Corporations in China: Research and Development (Ottawa: Ottawa Learning Academy, The School of Economics and Management and Northwest University (China)), 2010
• FDI Protectionism Is on the RiseKarl P. Sauvant, Policy Research Working Paper 5052 (The World Bank), 2009-09 [+]
  Shorter versions of this paper were published in Evenett et al. (eds), “The fateful allure of protectionism: Taking stock for the G8,” The World Bank and Center for Economic Policy Research (2009), pp. 53-56, available here, and in the World Bank Research Digest (fall 2009), available here.
• We must guard against growing protectionism, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Shanghai Daily, 2009-08-04 [+]
  This op. ed. (also published as Beware of FDI Protectionism) also appeared in Les Echos (Mali), Joong Ang Ilbo and The Korea Times (Republic of Korea), Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia), Al Watan Daily and Al Jarida (Kuwait), Al Mal (United Arab Emirates), Jornal De Negocios (Portugal), The Edge (Malaysia), Business World (Philippines), I Naftemporiki (Greece), Business Day (Nigeria), South China Morning Post (Hong Kong), Jakarta Post (Indonesia), L’Echo (Belgium), Poslovni Dnevnik (Croatia), Aripaev (Estonia), L’Agefi (Switzerland), Ekonomichna Pravda (Ukraine), and Peru Economico (Peru).
• Learning from the CrisisNely Caixeta, Presença Internacional do Brasil, May/June 2009, pp. 22-25, 2009-05 [+]
  In this interview with Karl P. Sauvant, Dr. Sauvant discusses the impact of the financial crisis on emerging markets. [Also: Editors' note: "Two way street."]
• Watch out for the rise of protectionism in FDIKarl P. Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2009-03-14
• Bilateral investment treaties and FDI flowsLisa E. Sachs, WAIPA Newsletter, Issue 5, Quarter 2, 2009
• The rise of FDI protectionismKarl P. Sauvant, in A New Investment Paradigm, OCO Insight (OCO Global, 2008/2009), 2009
• Pondering FDI in Crisis: investment could drop or it just might rise, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Shanghai Daily, 2008-11-28
• Emerging markets’ FDI strikes sensitive nerve, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Shanghai Daily, 2008-10-23
• Chinese Direct Investment in the United States– The Challenges AheadKarl P. Sauvant and Clarence Kwan (2008), Location USA, pp. 39-46, 2008 [+]
  This article is based on a longer working paper of the same name, published by the U.S. Chinese Services Group of Deloitte LLP and the Vale Columbia Center. (download)
• Appeals Mechanism in International Investment DisputesEdited by Karl P. Sauvant with Michael Chiswick-Patterson (New York: Oxford University Press, 2008)., 2008
• Des contrats plus justes pour les pays pauvres, op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Le Monde (France), 2008 [+]
  This op. ed. (published in English as “Fair Contracts for Poor Countries”) also appeared in Les Echos (Mali), Standard Times (Sierra Leone), The Independent (Bangladesh), Modern Weekly (China), The Korea Times (Republic of Korea), The Edge (Malaysia), Daily Times (Pakistan), Business World (Philippines), Taipei Times (Taiwan Province of China), I Naftemporiki (Greece), The Malta Independent (Malta), Jornal De Negocios (Portugal), Reforma (Mexico), El Nuevo Diario (Nicaragua), La Prensa (Panama), Al Tijaria (Bahrain), Al-Sabah Al-Jadeed (Iraq), Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia), Yemen Times (Yemen), and Diario Las Americas (USA).
• Outward FDI from Emerging Markets: Some Policy IssuesKarl P. Sauvant, in John H. Dunning and Philipe Gugler, Foreign Direct Investment, Location and Competitiveness: Progress in International Business Research, volume 2 (Oxford: Elsevier Ltd), pp. 279-284, 2008
• Chávez strategy points to emerging nation rethink on approach to FDIKarl P. Sauvant, letter to the editor, Financial Times, 2007-01-15
• Africa: the FDI opportunities are localKarl P. Sauvant, International Trade Forum (online), 2007-01
• FDI goes local: the Millennium Cities InitiativeKarl P. Sauvant, International Trade Forum, 1 (Geneva: International Trade Centre), pp. 29-30, 2007
• Without investment, the countries have nothing to tradeKarl P. Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2006-12-27
• Les investisseurs étrangers sont-ils encore les bienvenus? op. ed.Karl P. Sauvant, Le Monde, 2006-10-10 [+]
  This op. ed. also appeared in the Shanghai Daily (China), Bangkok Post (Thailand), Korea Herald (Republic of Korea), Taipei Times (Taiwan), Companion (Ukraine), Les Echos (Mali), Daily Times (Pakistan), Reforma (Brazil), The Edge Daily (Malaysia), Hong Kong Economic Journal (Hong Kong), Business Report (South Africa), Webdairy (Australia), Delo (Slovenia), Valor (Brazil), La Opinion (USA), Het Financieele Dagblad (The Netherlands) and Altmotamar (Yemen), Business World (Philippines), AKI-Press (Kyrgyzstan), Belarusians and the Market (Belarus), L’Echo (Belgium), Respekt (Czech Republic), Aripaev (Estonia), Logos Press (Moldova), El Observador (Uruguay), Al Eqtisadiah (Saudi Arabia), Diario Las Americas (USA).
• We need to think about policy implications of integrationKarl P. Sauvant, Letter to the Editor, Financial Times, 2006-06-14
• A backlash against foreign direct investment?Karl P. Sauvant, in World Investment Prospects to 2010: Boom or Backlash? (London, UK: The Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd.), pp 71-77, 2006
• Reservoirs of the futureKarl P. Sauvant, in Samuel Passow and Magnus Runnbeck (eds.), What’s Next? Strategic Views on Foreign Direct Investment (Jönköping, Sweden: Invest in Sweden Agency), pp. 90-97, 2005