Network


Latest external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Hotspot


Dive into the research topics where Joachim Pohl is active.

Publication


Featured researches published by Joachim Pohl.


Archive | 2011

Environmental concerns in international investment agreements: The "new era" has commenced, but harmonization remains far off

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl

In Columbia FDI Perspective No.37, Daniel M. Firger foretells “a new era characterized by profound harmonization” between climate change policy and international investment law, based on what he sees as “unmistakable signs of convergence” in recent investment treaty making. 1 A study just released by the OECD suggests that convergence of investment treaty making toward environmental policy began about a decade ago, but also that “profound harmonization” of investment and climate change policy is still some time away. 2


Chapters | 2015

Policy frameworks for SWF investments: OECD and host-country perspectives

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl

Working in parallel with the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, the OECD has developed a framework for recipient country policies towards SWF investments promoting openness, non-discrimination, transparency and restrained and disciplined use of investment measures related to national security. This framework can be viewed as the host-country counterpart to the SWFs’ Santiago Principles – together they form an emerging framework of international norms governing SWF investments. The purpose of the chapter is, first, to describe the OECD guidance and then to take stock of where recipient countries are in terms of living up to these commitments since they were formally adopted in early 2009. There are four key findings. First, most countries have maintained formal policy stances that are largely receptive to international investment in general and to SWF investments in particular. This means that de jure, investment policies have tended to become more open, more transparent and less discriminatory to foreigners and non-residents and SWFs have benefitted. Second, although national security concerns are an ever more prominent feature of host country policies vis-a-vis inward investments, SWFs have continued to occupy a relatively low profile in this area (and this, despite the fact that state-owned enterprises in the broader sense have attracted significant attention in security-related investment reviews). Third, emergency measures taken during the crisis – mainly in the financial sector, but also in others such as automobiles and green’ sectors – create considerable discretion in policy making. These measures are not always discriminatory against foreign investors – indeed, they were often favourable to them in the sense that foreign investors, including SWFs, were often selected as partners in rescue operations for domestic firms. They nevertheless pose challenges for existing international investment disciplines – these discretionary, one-on-one relationships between governments and investors, be they domestic or foreign, are inherently difficult to subject to international rules. This review concludes that the biggest current threat to openness to SWF investments (and indeed open global capital markets in general) resides in less transparent, more discretionary public policies that have assumed even greater importance during and since the crisis (e.g. subsidies, prudential supervision and informal arrangements). International economic diplomacy is going to have to become much more intensive and smarter if it is to succeed in constraining governments’ ability to abuse their newly created discretionary powers.


Transnational Dispute Management | 2012

Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements: A Large Sample Survey

Joachim Pohl; Kekeletso Mashigo; Alexis Nohen


Archive | 2011

Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements: A Survey

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl


Archive | 2014

Investment Treaty Law, Sustainable Development and Responsible Business Conduct: A Fact Finding Survey

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl; Marie Bouchard


Archive | 2015

Investment Treaties Over Time - Treaty Practice and Interpretation in a Changing World

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl


Archive | 2012

Dispute Settlement Provisions in International Investment Agreements

Joachim Pohl; Kekeletso Mashigo; Alexis Nohen


Archive | 2011

FDI Perspectives: Issues in International Investment

Karl P. Sauvant; Lisa E. Sachs; Kenneth G. Davies; Ruben Zandvliet; Gary Clyde Hufbauer; Laza Kekic; Nathan M. Jensen; Edmund J. Malesky; Reuven S. Avi-Yonah; José Guimón; Lorenzo Cotula; Christian Bellak; Markus Leibrecht; Terutomo Ozawa; Michael Mortimore; Carlos Razo; Premila Nazareth Satyanand; Gert Bruche; Anne van Aaken; Jürgen Kurtz; Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl; Veljko Fotak; William L. Megginson; Charles Kovacs; Mark E. Plotkin; David N. Fagan; Subrata Bhattacharjee; Armand de Mestral; Jason Webb Yackee


Archive | 2011

Environmental Concerns in International Investment Agreements

Kathryn Gordon; Joachim Pohl


Transnational Dispute Management | 2016

Investment Policies Related to National Security - A Survey of Country Practices

Frédéric Wehrlé; Joachim Pohl

Collaboration


Dive into the Joachim Pohl's collaboration.

Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Kathryn Gordon

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Alexis Nohen

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Frédéric Wehrlé

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Kekeletso Mashigo

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Marie Bouchard

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Gary Clyde Hufbauer

Peterson Institute for International Economics

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Jason Webb Yackee

University of Wisconsin-Madison

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar
Top Co-Authors

Avatar
Researchain Logo
Decentralizing Knowledge