This paper evaluates the growing presence of China's private business sector in Africa.
Currently, attention focuses on China's state-owned enterprises in extractive industries. Less …

The multilateralisation of regionalism takes different forms when applied to deep versus
shallow regional trade agreements (RTAs). Shallow agreements focus on discriminatory …

On May 21st and 22nd 2010, in Beijing a diverse group of practitioners from China, Uganda,
Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, the US, and Europe gathered to discuss the role and …

This article aims at empirically investigating the evolution of China's BIT policy since the
early 1980s and compares it with current developed country approaches. Analysing the …

Alors que certains voient dans la croissance phénoménale de la Chine et dans ses
immenses besoins en matières premières un véritable Eldorado pour l'Amérique latine …

This article examines the differentisal effects of specific provisions included in China's
bilateral investment treaties (BITs) in inducing foreign direct investment (FDI). Empirical …

Abstract Relations between China and Japan are central to economic cooperation in Asia,
particularly when negotiating regional economic agreements. For both China and Japan, it …

In M ay 2012, C hina, J apan, and S outh K orea (CJK) signed a trilateral investment
agreement—their first legal agreement on trilateral economic cooperation. This article …

How the global financial crisis affects China has implications that extend well beyond its own
borders. This article examines the impact of the crisis on China and considers how this might …

Although empirical studies on the effects of bilateral investment treaties (BITs) largely remain
inconclusive as to whether the conclusion of these treaties in fact leads to any increase in …