International Coordination of National Screening Procedures: The Case of the EU Cooperation Mechanism

This chapter identifies the main challenges at the crossroads of international cooperation and investment screening, which are confidentiality, reconciling international cooperation with national interest, ensuring efficiency and adding value. The chapter then argues that the EU cooperation mechanism has addressed those challenges successfully, even if not perfectly. Finally, the chapter offers a glimpse into the flagship international cooperation initiative at the European level: the EU-US Trade and Technology Council Working Group on investment screening.