Export of Infrastructure and International Economic Disputes

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K03145
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International law
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Fukunaga Yuka 早稲田大学, 社会科学総合学術院, 教授 (10326126)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: WTO紛争処理 / 投資仲裁 / インフラ輸出

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research analyzed potential and actual international economic disputes involving the export of infrastructure. In response to the growing demand for infrastructure around the world, businesses from developed countries, including Japan, has been actively involved in the export of infrastructure to other countries, particularly emerging economies. In parallel, the number of international economic disputes involving the export of infrastructure is growing. This research analyzed how these international economic disputes are reviewed by international judicial bodies, specifically, world trade organization (WTO) dispute settlement system and investment arbitration, and pointed out problems with the existing international economic agreements as well as international economic dispute settlement. At the same time, it made a theoretical analysis of the impact of the international economic dispute settlement on the autonomy of domestic law and policy.

Free Research Field

国際経済法