Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues

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REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON INVESTMENT, TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED FINANCIAL ISSUES ON ITS NINTH SESSION

Hence the strengthening of the active screening mechanism of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

There was a regular exchange of studies and publications for peer review. UNCTAD had been granted observer status in OECD's Investment Committee.

Report of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues on its ninth session (7 11 March 2005)

Report of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, ninth session (7 11 March 2005)

The report of the Expert Meeting will be submitted to the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues at its tenth session.

(b) Report of the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues, ninth session (7 11 March 2005)

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The report of the Expert Meeting will be submitted to the Commission on Investment, Technology and Related Financial Issues at its next session (Geneva, March 2006).

But Chinese FDI, especially in sensitive sectors like energy, does often trigger Congressional hearings, ad hoc resolutions, and calls for tougher CFIUS action. As a result of high profile Congressional opposition, China s state owned energy company CNOOC withdrew its bid for Unocal, an American energy company, in 2005, before a CFIUS review that most likely would have cleared the deal on national security grounds.

It was precisely to assess the impact of deals with countries like China on national security that Congress established the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.

European Space Agency, Long Term Space Policy Committee, Investing in Space the Challenge for Europe (ESA SP 2000, May 1999).

The Government would be following up on the implementation of the recommendations of the IPR, which related to modernizing the FDI entry regime, strengthening Board of Investment (BOI) core functions and reforming the tax regime on investment.

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Front loaded public investment could be funded through an enhanced European Investment Bank.

Second, investment in real estate development accounts for nearly one quarter of the total.

This agency acts as a one stop shop and as the focal point for investment promotion activities.

It was also reported that UNCTAD had carried out an assessment of the investment promotion capacity of the national investment promotion agency (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement).

Rather than securing investment for productive sectors of the economy, the financial industry has become adept at securing investment in itself.

Investment policies should extend to both domestic and foreign direct investment.

Mr. Darmawan Djajusman, Director of Investment Deregulation, Investment Coordinating Board, Indonesia

The investment policy reviews and investment guides produced by UNCTAD had been valuable in improving the investment policy environment in those countries.

The IAIM Guidelines (Ireland) and Preda Code (Italy) leave to the remuneration committee the selection of appropriate criteria and the establishment of whether these criteria have been met.

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Stronger safety net programs might reduce the need for precautionary savings in the future, but such reforms cannot be accomplished overnight.

In particular, the Thai Exim Bank and the Board of Investment have been providing facilities (e.g. information, outward investment missions) to help Thai firms venture abroad.

Implementing the IPR recommendations could improve Benin's capacity to attract FDI and benefit from FDI by reforming the regulatory and institutional investment framework.

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