1st Edition

International Investment and Dispute Settlement Understanding the China–European Union Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

By Chunlei Zhao Copyright 2022
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

This book analyzes the dispute settlement mechanisms under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), including the already established mechanisms for general state-to-state dispute settlement and the Mechanism to Address Differences for investment and sustainable development issues. When China and the EU, two of the biggest players in international investment, announced the... Read more

1. Introduction: China, the EU, the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, and International Investment Dispute Settlement  2. Analyzing the State-to-State Dispute Settlement System in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment  3. Analyzing the Mechanism to Address Differences under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment  4. The Basis for Prospecting the Investor-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment  5. The Prospective Investor-State Dispute Settlement under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment  6. Towards a Comprehensive Dispute Settlement System under the EU-China CAI  7. Conclusion

Biography

Chunlei Zhao is a researcher at the Institute for International Dispute Settlement at Tsinghua University, China. She received her PhD from Maastricht University, the Netherlands in 2020. Her research focuses on international trade and investment law and international dispute resolution. She was a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European, and Regulatory Procedural Law and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law. She has internship experience at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). She is also a practising lawyer in mainland China.

“In these times of growing tension between the major powers in today’s world, a better understanding of each other’s approach to law and rules-based dispute resolution is vital. Chunlei Zhao’s book makes an important contribution to such understanding.”

Peter Van den Bossche , President, Society of International Economic Law

“Through careful examination, this book gives a careful and comprehensive analysis of the dispute settlement system under the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. Iwould recommend this resource to academics and legal practitioners in the area of international economic law.”

Yuejiao Zhang , Professor, Tsinghua University, China