Doomed to Failure: Why the EU Investment Court System is Destined to Fail Both Foreign Investors and Host States – 3rd Annual EFILA Conference Keynote - European Investment Law and Arbitration Review View Doomed to Failure: Why the EU Investment Court System is Destined to Fail Both Foreign Investors and Host States – 3rd Annual EFILA Conference Keynote by - European Investment Law and Arbitration Review Doomed to Failure: Why the EU Investment Court System is Destined to Fail Both Foreign Investors and Host States – 3rd Annual EFILA Conference Keynote 3 1

This contribution discusses the EU’s multilateral investment court system (the ICS) and its promotion by the EU in the context of what is in essence ‘fake news’ about investment arbitration. Given the problems with the ICS, including little clarity over its precise structure, unanswered questions regarding the likely candidates for judges, and apparent division between EU Member States on the whole idea, the author argues that the ICS is destined to die.

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