This article is written to answer the question of how to apply the ASEAN Protocol of EnhancedDispute Settlement Mechanism (EDSM) 2004 to settle disputes concerning on the interpretationof ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) 2009. ACIA 2009 is a legal instrument which was designed to...

This paper conducts a detailed critical analysis of the dispute settlement mechanisms in ASEAN's external economic agreements with China, Japan and Korea by reviewing the main procedural rules of these mechanisms. The paper also discusses the difference among these agreements, and compares them...

China has a closer business relationship with Southeast Asian countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). To ensure tax certainty for the investment, it is necessary to establish an effective and efficient tax dispute resolution mechanism. The mutual agreement procedure (MAP) is the...