Is the European Union ready for foreign direct investment from emerging markets?

Clifton, Judith and Díaz-Fuentes, Daniel (2010): Is the European Union ready for foreign direct investment from emerging markets? Published in: FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FROM EMERGING MARKETS: CHALLENGES AHEAD (2010)

Abstract

This chapter asks whether the European Union Member States are ready for inward Foreign Direct Investment from the Emerging Markets. It concludes that European Union Member States have relatively open Foreign Direct Investment regimes in the international context, and yet instances of protectionism have been apparent in the recent period. However, protectionism has occurred both vis-a-vis Foreign Direct Investment from the Global South as well as from within the European Union, particularly in the so-called 'strategic' industries.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Emerging Markets, Protectionism, 'Strategic' industries, Sovereign Wealth Funds. Electricity. Multinational Enterprises
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F5 - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy > F52 - National Security ; Economic Nationalism; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F23 - Multinational Firms ; International Business; G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance > G34 - Mergers ; Acquisitions ; Restructuring ; Corporate Governance; H - Public Economics > H8 - Miscellaneous Issues > H82 - Governmental Property; F - International Economics > F2 - International Factor Movements and International Business > F21 - International Investment ; Long-Term Capital Movements; L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L94 - Electric Utilities; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M2 - Business Economics > M21 - Business Economics; F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F36 - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration

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