Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/316204 
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Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1525
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
EU member state investment treaties have been criticized for potentially deterring EU countries from pursuing desirable policy measures. This paper explores whether these treaties can nonetheless serve a beneficial geoeconomic function for the EU by safeguarding EU investments in five minerals critical to electric vehicle production. It is found that the treaty coverage provided by EU member states treaties ranges from minimal to moderately broad. While EU investments are, on average, better protected under these treaties than US investments are under corresponding US agreements, Chinese investments benefit from substantially broader - and likely stronger - protection. Moreover, China possesses significant domestic reserves of several of these key minerals. Overall, the existing network of EU member state investment treaties offers limited support for the EU's geoeconomic positioning vis-à-vis China.
Subjects: 
International investment agreements
investment treaties
strategic minerals
JEL: 
F52
F21
K33
Q34
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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