Foreign Investment Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)

Makane Moïse Mbengue is a Professor of Public International Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva and an Affiliate Professor at Science Po Paris (School of Law). He also acts as a professor for courses in international law organized by the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (OLA). He advises or has advised several international institutions, including the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and the African Union (AU). He acts as counsel in disputes before international courts and tribunals and is often involved in investment negotiations. Stefanie Schacherer is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Geneva and the University of Vienna. She is specialized in international and European investment law. Her research focuses on the new investment and trade agreements concluded by the European Union. Ms Schacherer holds a bachelor’s and master’s degreein law from the University of Geneva as well as a LL.M. in International Business Law from King’s College London. She is currently working as teaching and research assistant at the Faculty of Law of the University of Geneva.

• 1. CETA and the Debate on the Reform of the Investment Regime.- 2. The Notion of Investment.- 3. National Treatment.- 4. Most Favoured Nation Treatment.- 5. Fair and Equitable Treatment.- 6. Expropriation.- 7. The Right to Regulate.- 8. Resolution of Investment Disputes.- 9. The CETA Investment Chapter and Sustainable Development: Interpretive Issues.- 10. An African view on the CETA Investment Chapter.- 11. An Asian view on the CETA Investment Chapter.- 12. A Latin American view on the CETA Investment Chapter.- 13. CETA and Investment: What is it About and What lies Beyond?

“Foreign Investment Under the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is certainly one the most authoritative and comprehensive studies. It provides a rich descriptive account of how key areas and at the same time it approaches them critically with an awareness of broader debate on the reform of the investment regime. As such, it is a valuable resource for all scholars and practitioners working on international investment law.” (Ondřej Svoboda, Manchester Journal of International Economic Law, Vol. 16 (2), September, 2019)