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Practice of China’s Encouragement on Capital Export and it‘s Protection under International Investment Law: Lithuanian Case
Practice of China’s Encouragement on Capital Export and it‘s Protection under International Investment Law: Lithuanian Case

Author(s): Andrius Bambalas
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Mykolas Romeris University
Keywords: capital export; outwards foreign investment; China; Going Out policy; international investment law

Summary/Abstract: There are various notions of capital, but in this article movement of capital is being analysed from the perspective of international investment law – a country has an asset, which it cannot exploit or do so efficiently and there is a foreigner who possesses financing, technology or know-how, which allows to develop such asset. Lithuania is a net importer of capital, thus this article analyses on what might be the asset that Lithuanian government is interested in developing through foreign investment and why Lithuania does not develop such asset through other means, i.e. borrowing. As China is one the biggest capital exporters and becomes one of the biggest outward investors, this article also analyses driving factors behind such increase of outward investment from China – the Going Out policy and various instruments used by China to encourage such policy. Finally, the article analyses the possible underlying reasons Chinese company CAMCE has in Kaunas free economic zone and what such interest means under international investment law.

  • Issue Year: 20/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 749-774
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English