Webinar on Interaction between Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Investment and Trade

Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners and the Asia Pacific FDI Network are pleased to invite you to attend the webinar ‘Interaction between Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Investment and Trade’ that will take place on 18 June 2021, 14:00–18:00 CET (pm 04:00 MSK; am 8:00 NY; pm 1:00 UK; pm 8:00 CH; pm 8:00 SG; pm 5:30 IN).The webinar is organized by Yulia Levashova, Julien Chaisse and Ilia Rachkov and based on the discussions included in the special issue ‘The Interaction between International Investment Law and Special Economic Zones (SEZ)’ published in Transnational Dispute Management Journal in 2020

Special Economic Zones (SEZs) are important vehicles of a state’s economic policy to attract foreign investments. The proliferation of SEZs worldwide raises complex legal issues regarding the interaction between SEZs and international law and policy. 

The topics that will be discussed during the webinar are: (1) a general regulatory framework of SEZs and its relationship with investment law, (2) China’s SEZs and the dispute settlement mechanisms, (3) India’s SEZs and its interaction with trade and labour policies, (4) Russia’s SEZs and their evolution and (5) Jamaica’s SEZs: the journey from Free Zones to modern SEZs.

Society of International Economic Law