RISKS TO THE EU ECONOMIC SOVEREIGNTY: TAKEOVERS OF EUROPEAN STRATEGIC ASSETS BY STATE-OWNED FOREIGN COMPANIES FROM THIRD COUNTRIES

Dorina Clichici

Euroinfo, 2018, vol. 2, issue 7-8, 3-11

Abstract: The wave of acquisitions of strategic European companies from industry, infrastructure and high technologies by investors coming from third countries, triggered in 2016, has raised concerns in the European Union (EU). Moreover, the acquisition of strategic assets by foreign companies, which have governments as shareholder or are partially controlled by the state, particularly from China, could have negative repercussions on the EU's economic sovereignty in the future. The article aims to present the recent trends in the acquisitions of European strategic companies, the effects of distorting free competition on the internal market and the analysis of the latest European initiatives aimed at strengthening the inward FDI monitoring framework in the EU.

Keywords: European Union; foreign direct investment; acquisitions of strategic companies; China; investment monitoring (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F01 F21 G18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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