The proposed Australia-China Free Trade Agreement (ACFTA) has been in the offing since 2005 and survived a change of …

, China has been a relatively restrained participant in UNSC negotiations, using power to substantively impact outcomes only …In the past half-decade, China has adopted a relatively assertive approach on a series of issues brought before the UN … of a generally pragmatic and meticulous approach to diplomacy in the UNSC. The expectation is that China will continue to …

The growing importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) to U.S.-China relations was highlighted when the U.S.-China … Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) in 2008 mandated the negotiations of a bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Intended to further … liberalizing investment policies of either country, the U.S.-China BIT-to-be came at a time of soaring economic tensions between …