This article attempts to discuss the issues and implications of the potential bilateral investment treaty between the EU and China, the negotiation of which was recently launched. After briefly exploring the current legal framework governing mutual investment between China and EU, including the...

Such is the purpose of this article. Following Professor Alan Dashwood's formula, it first discusses the question of the existence of such competence, then analyses its exclusivity. In the third part, the EC's practice in this regard is explored and summarized, and some conclusions are drawn in...

As a follow-up study on the external investment policy of the EU, this article attempts to analyse the relevant provisions in the Lisbon Treaty and assesses their legal implications on the international investment treaty practice of the Union and its Member States. It first briefly reviews the...

21.1 The Chinese legal framework on energy regulation Since 1979, China has been progressively reforming its economic system, with a view to establishing and improving a "socialist market economy". Accordingly, China has been actively promoting market-oriented reform in the energy sector by...