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Towards a More Harmonised Asian Approach to Corruption and Illegality in Investment Arbitration

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  • Nobumichi Teramura

    (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)

  • Luke Nottage

    (The University of Sidney)

  • Bruno Jetin

    (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, CEPN - Centre d'Economie de l'Université Paris Nord - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)

Abstract

In parallel with their strong economic growth, Asian jurisdictions have scaled up campaigns against bribery and other illegal misconduct by foreign investors by adopting international anti-corruption frameworks. Nonetheless, corruption remains common in many places and there is also still a lack of consensus on the influence of corruption and illegality over foreign direct investment (FDI), as well as in investor–state arbitration cases. There is also a paucity of literature considering how Asian countries have dealt with such serious misconduct by foreign investors. The foregoing chapters have started to fill the gaps, finding that there are some ‘Asian approaches' to corruption and bribery in investment arbitrations: some individual jurisdictions have started to address the issues of corruption and illegality through treaty (re)drafting and/or investment disputes. However, a uniform Asian approach towards corruption and illegality in investment arbitration has not yet been established. Thus, this chapter proposes a roadmap for a more harmonised regional approach to corruption and illegality in Asian investment arbitration. It recommends that Asia should (1) establish a forum for all jurisdictions to discuss corruption and other serious misconduct involved in FDI, (2) develop more unified rules on corruption and illegality specifically in Asian investment arbitration and (3) consider creating an independent institution or permanent court to better handle Asian investment disputes—not necessarily limited to allegations of corruption and illegality.

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  • Nobumichi Teramura & Luke Nottage & Bruno Jetin, 2024. "Towards a More Harmonised Asian Approach to Corruption and Illegality in Investment Arbitration," Post-Print halshs-04554334, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-04554334
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-9303-1_16
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    1. Hsieh,Pasha L., 2021. "New Asian Regionalism in International Economic Law," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781108845601, January.
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      Corruption; Bribery; International trade and investment agreements; Arbitration; Foreign Direct Investment (FDI);
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