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Asia-Pacific FDI Forum VI

May 20-21, 2022

Domestic Investment Laws and International Economic Law in the Liberal International Order

Opening remarks

Mr. Julien Chaisse and Mr. George Dimitropoulos

Session 1: 

Mr. Julien Chaisse and Mr. George Dimitropoulos, Domestic Investment Laws in International Economic Law: A Challenge to the Liberal Economic Order?

Mr. Jarrod Hepburn, Associate Professor, Melbourne Law School, The Past, Present and Future of Domestic Investment Laws and International Economic Law

Session 2: 

Mr. M. Sornarajah, National University of Singapore & Kehinde Olaoye, City University of Hong Kong, Domestic Investment Laws, International Economic Law, and Development

Ms. Mavluda Sattorova, Reader, Liverpool Law School, Domestic Investment Laws, International Investment Agreements, and Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Mr. Pasha L. Hsieh, Associate Professor of Law & Associate Dean (Faculty Matters & Research), Singapore Management University, Investor Obligations in Domestic Investment Laws and International Economic Law

Session 3: 

Ms. Xu Qian, Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, Guanghua Law School, Domestic Investment Laws and State Capitalism 

Mr. Ole Kristian Fauchald, Professor, Faculty of Law, Department of Public and International Law, PluriCourts, University of Oslo, The Role of International Organizations in the Shaping of Domestic Investment Laws

Session 4: 

Mr. Georgios Dimitropoulos, Associate Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, HBKU Law, Substantive Standards of Protection and Dispute Resolution in Domestic and International Economic Law

Ms. Anna Sands, Trade Policy Specialist, WWF-UK, Regulatory Chills, Domestic Investment Laws, and International Investment Law

Session 5: 

Mr. Julien Chaisse, Professor, City University of Hong Kong, School of Law, “The Black Pit:” Power and Pitfalls of Digital FDI and Cross-Border Data Flows

Mr. Anastasios Gourgourinis, Lecturer in Public International Law, Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens PIL, Domestic Investment Incentives in International Economic Law

Session 6Round table

Concluding remarks

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