National Security Review of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI") into the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf ("GCC"): Challenges and Opportunities
Article from: TDM 3 (2017), in China
Abstract
The One Belt One Road Initiative ("OBOR") forms an integral part of China's aspirational ascendancy in becoming an architect of the global financial and legal architecture. The core component of OBOR is massive Chinese outbound investment in infrastructure implicating the critical transport and energy sectors of participating nations thus triggering issues of state sovereignty and national security. Nations within OBOR's domain will increasingly focus on national security review of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment ("FDI"). While reviewing FDI generally involves a careful ...