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This paper argues that China's attitude to multilateral trade is unclear. Moreover, China assumes little responsibility … to maintain international order in global economic governance. China poses a major challenge to the world economy by … has been remarkable. In 2010, China has become the world's second largest trader. Yet, China has been playing at best a …
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This timely book examines international trade and investment law at various levels of governance, including unilateral, bilateral, regional, and multilateral arrangements. The author demonstrates that the nature of international trade law is fragmented and cyclical. Whilst not always...
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The economic and political rise of China has led to considerable controversy regarding potential repercussions for the … current global governance architecture. At least two opposing scenarios are conceivable: China’s adaptation to the rules and … danger of clashing regulatory policies. A recent and increasingly dynamic trend giving substance to the phenomenon of China …
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and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, includes both China and the United States. By failing to connect these economies, these … agreements would leave much of the economic and political gains from Asia-Pacific economic integration unexploited. A China …
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Depoliticisation of investment dispute settlement is considered to be one of the principal reasons and advantages of investor-State arbitrations. This paper considers the added value that the depoliticisation vocabulary brings to the resolution of modern challenges. First of all, equating...
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The case study of investment treaty arbitration provides an opportunity to examine whether and how the invocation of responsibility by a non-state actor has affected secondary rules of state responsibility. This article takes the analytical perspective of investors, capable of being perceived as...
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This work deals with the question whether an 'EU model' contributing to the development of international investment law may be envisaged. The new competence on FDI conferred to the EU under the Treaty of Lisbon, especially if it is considered in the context of the quot;new regionalismquot;...
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Fair and equitable treatment is one of the most important rules of international investment law, yet the vagueness of its textual expression causes considerable problems in interpretation and application. In the absence of clear textual guidance, tribunals and legal writers have sometimes turned...
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This article seeks to explain recent decisions by countries to terminate their existing bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and revisit their commitment to future international investment agreements (IIAs). It argues that BITs, transnational corporations (TNCs), host States and international...
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This paper studies the potential for the export sector to play a more important role in promoting growth in Central America, Panama, and the Dominican Republic (CAPDR) through deeper intra-regional and global trade integration. CAPDR countries have enacted many free trade agreements and other...
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