2020 Reports

Facilitating investment through IIAs: The case of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Schacherer, Stefanie

As many recently concluded IIAs, the RCEP agreement includes provisions on investment facilitation. Following ASEAN’s “built-in work program” approach, the agreement provides flexibility for RCEP parties to further implement investment facilitation measures. Such flexibility can arguably be an opportunity to set a collaborative framework for investment facilitation in the region.