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The Global Financial Crisis and International Investment Regimes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Jeffery P. Commission
Jeffery P. Commission*
Affiliation:
International Arbitration Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, New York
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Implications of the Global Financial Crisis on International Trade and Investment Regimes
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 104 , 2010 , pp. 443 - 447
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2010

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References

1 United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Investment Policy Monitor, No. 2, Apr. 20, 2010.

2 Id.

3 UNCTAD, Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 2, Jan. 19, 2010.

4 Id.

5 Id.

6 Id.

7 UNCTAD, Global Investment Trends Monitor, No. 3, Apr. 26, 2010.

8 However, there is what appears to be a straightforward debt claim filed by Deutsche Bank against Sri Lanka arising out of its failure to make payments in a derivatives contract with Sri Lanka’s state-owned oil company. Bank Files against Sri Lanka, Global Arb. Rev. (Apr. 8, 2009).

9 The global financial crisis and Bits have been considered at length in numerous conferences around the world in recent months—London (BIICL’s Global Financial Crisis: Implications for Investment Arbitration, Feb. 18, 2009); Cambridge (2009 International Arbitration Conference at Harvard Law School, Apr. 4, 2009); Paris (New Challenges of International Arbitration, Sept. 22, 2009); Washington, DC (AAA/ICSID/ICC Joint Colloquium: Adapting Arbitration to a Changing World, Nov. 20, 2009); Hong Kong (Arbitration and the Financial Crisis, Nov. 30, 2009); Riga (International Arbitration in the Current Economic Climate, Feb. 12, 2010); and Vienna (Vienna Arbitration Days, Feb. 13, 2010).

10 Van Aaken, Anne & Kurtz, Jurgen, The Global Financial Crisis: Will State Emergency Measures Trigger International Investment Disputes?, 3 Colum. FDI Persp. (Mar. 23, 2009)Google Scholar; Round Table Addresses Investment Arbitration and the Global Downturn, Global Arb. Rev. (Feb. 6, 2009); Luke Peterson, Eric, Whither the New Financial Crisis Claims, Kluwer Arb. Blog (Feb. 5, 2009)Google Scholar; Investment Arbitration and Financial Crisis: The Global Financial Crisis and Bits, 3 Global Arb. Rev. 6 (Dec. 1, 2008)Google Scholar.

11 UNCTAD, Investment Policy Monitor, No. 2, Apr. 20, 2010.

12 Report of the Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy Regarding the Model Bilateral Investment Treaty Presented to the U.S. State Department, Sept. 30, 2009; Gallagher, Kevin P., US Bits and Financial Stability, Colum. Fdi Persp. 19 (Feb. 23, 2010)Google Scholar.

13 Id.

14 Evaluating a Potential Us-China Bilateral Investment Treaty, Economist Intelligence Unit (Mar. 30, 2010).