2020 Developments in Home State Foreign Direct Investment Policies

Subject(s):

Sustainable development — Foreign Direct Investment — Investment ‘in accordance with host state law’ — Developing countries — International organizations and agreements with host state — Relationship of international law & host state law

This chapter surveys current developments in home state measures and regulation of outbound foreign investment for the year 2020. It examines the implications of declining FDI flows on initiatives to encourage socially responsible behaviour by investors abroad.