LEGAL MECHANISMS USED FOR THE INVESTMENT OF TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE «ASIAN ENERGY GRID» (CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN)

The article discusses legal mechanisms used for investment by transnational corporations in the countries of the «Asian energy grid» (China, South Korea, Japan). For this purpose approaches of national legal acts of the countries under consideration, establishing a system of legal and non-legal participants of economic turnover and market (civil codes, special laws, etc.) are analyzed; the contractual tools, including investment contracts and other agreements, such as franchises, etc., used by TNCs, are studied. The novelty of the study lies in the formulation of the problem, approaches to its study. New data and information concerning mechanisms used by TNCs functioning for investment purposes in China, South Korea and Japan are being introduced into the Russian-language circulation. The author comes to the conclusion, in particular, that TNCs, on the one hand, use traditional equity investments, on the other hand - are integrated into global production networks, in this way globalization and significant technological changes lead to the changes in the TNCs` strategies.

ТНК, «Азиатское энергетическое кольцо», Китай, Южная Корея, Япония, юридические лица, договоры, сетевая экономика