国家安全审查的国际投资仲裁救济探析

On Relief Approaches of National Security Review under International Investment Arbitration

目前,一些国家采取的国家安全审查措施对正常的国际投资活动构成了严重限制,成为事实上的投资保护主义。对此,投资者可以考虑根据国际投资协定中公平与公正待遇、间接征收、透明度等条款提起国际投资仲裁程序进行救济。中国在修订现存国际投资协定或签订新的协定时,应从维护国家安全及中国海外投资利益两方面综合考虑,合理设计其中与国家安全审查有关的条款。中国在构建外资安全审查法律制度时,应注意与相关国际投资协定的协调。此外,中国对外资的国家安全审查措施应审慎实施,以防外国投资者在国际投资仲裁机制下的起诉纠纷。

At present,the measures of national security review adopted by some countries have posed serious limitation on normal international investment activities and have become factual investment protectionism.Foreign investors can initiate international investment arbitration procedure to relieve themselves of national security reviews adopted by the host countries by applying fair and equitable treatment,indirect expropriation and transparency clauses in the related international investment treaties.China should pay attention to the coordination with relevant international investment treaties when constructing the legal system of foreign investment security review and implement prudently security measures for foreign investment to prevent possible prosecution by foreign investors under the international investment arbitration mechanism.