The Foreign Investment Protection Agreement: Will it Lead to Greater Canadian-Chinese Bilateral Investment?
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2015-07
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In September, 2014, the Canadian government ratified the Foreign Investment Protection
Agreement (FIPA) with China. The move was heralded as a milestone in Canadian-Chinese
relations and a harbinger for an increase in Canadian-Chinese bilateral investment. But does the
experiences between China and other countries whom China has a similar agreement with
support this narrative? After comparing foreign direct investment (FDI) data between China and
other OECD countries that have BITs with China, there appears to be no significant relationship
between a BITs and FDI. One implication of this is that Canada cannot rely on the FIPA to
attract investment from China; it needs to be active in other areas that may be conducive to
attracting FDI. Given the political nature of Chinese outward investment decisions, this paper
recommends that Canada engage China politically and address other policy areas that are seen as
obstacles to FDI in order to attract FDI.
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Jarvis, Steven. (2015). The Foreign Investment Protection Agreement: Will it Lead to Greater Canadian-Chinese Bilateral Investment? ( Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.