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The Dejudicialization of International Dispute Settlement: A Paradigm Shift in International Economic Law? (2024)
Journal Article

The objective of this article is to reflect on the rise and decline of judicialization in international trade and investment regimes and explore the future of international economic dispute settlement. It makes three key arguments. First, the severe... Read More about The Dejudicialization of International Dispute Settlement: A Paradigm Shift in International Economic Law?.

China’s Green Industrial Policy and Its Implications for the EU– China Relationship (2024)
Book Chapter

The chapter seeks to unpack China’s green industrial policy and explore its implications for the China–EU relationship. It argues, first, that the role of state-level centralised green industrial policy is key to China’s achievements in renewable en... Read More about China’s Green Industrial Policy and Its Implications for the EU– China Relationship.

International Economic Law in the Era of Great Power Rivalry (2024)
Journal Article

It is a common refrain for policymakers, scholars, and journalists to declare that the United States and China are heading toward, or already engaged in, a New Cold War. International legal theory holds that powerful states tend to use international... Read More about International Economic Law in the Era of Great Power Rivalry.

International Investment Law and the Rule of Law: The Case of China (2023)
Journal Article

The purpose of this article is to engage critically with the narrative of the impact of international investment law on domestic governance and the rule of law of a nation state. Using China as a case study, this article argues that the role of inter... Read More about International Investment Law and the Rule of Law: The Case of China.

Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective (2023)
Journal Article

China's approach to ISDS reform is widely perceived as undecided and ambiguous. This paper provides the first detailed analysis of China's submission to the UNITRAL Working Group III and situates China's approach in the context of global dialogue of... Read More about Explaining China’s approach to investor-state dispute settlement reform: a contextual perspective.

Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism (2023)
Journal Article

Much ink has been splashed on the ideological, conceptual, and practical challenges that China’s state capitalism has posed to global trade rules. There is a growing perception that the current international trade rules are neither conceptually coher... Read More about Unpacking the Black Box of China's State Capitalism.

Article 4 and Annex 3 TBT: Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards and Code of Good Practice (2023)
Book Chapter

Huawei Strikes Back: Challenging National Security Decisions before Investment Arbitral Tribunals (2023)
Journal Article

As a direct reaction to rising investment from China amid the transformation of the geopolitical context in which China has emerged as a great power, Western countries, including the United States, have introduced new or reinforced existing national... Read More about Huawei Strikes Back: Challenging National Security Decisions before Investment Arbitral Tribunals.

Chinese State-Owned Enterprises and International Investment Law (2023)
Book Chapter

China's State-owned Enterprises and International Investment Law (2022)
Journal Article

Not only do Chinese SOEs play a key role in China’s domestic economy, but they are also a major force in implementing the Government of China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. The expansion of Chinese SOEs’ global footprint has caused widespread... Read More about China's State-owned Enterprises and International Investment Law.

Dashed Hopes? The Limits of International Economic Norms in Promoting the Rule of Law in China (2022)
Book Chapter

From ‘Non-market Economy’ to ‘Significant Market Distortions’: rethinking the EU anti-dumping regulation and China’s state interventionism (2022)
Journal Article

This article questions the consistency of the EU antidumping regulation with the WTO Antidumping Agreement. It argues that with the expiry of paragraph 15 (a) (ii) on 11 December 2016, China’s WTO Accession Protocol may no longer provide the legal ba... Read More about From ‘Non-market Economy’ to ‘Significant Market Distortions’: rethinking the EU anti-dumping regulation and China’s state interventionism.

Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects (2022)
Book Chapter

Bilateral investment between China and the EU has accelerated rapidly, with both sides seeking a mutually beneficial yet sustainable relationship. Limitations remain however, given that the current legal framework governing EU-China investments are r... Read More about Towards a Win-Win EU-China Bilateral Investment Treaty: Challenges and Prospects.

The Status of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in International Investment Arbitration: Much Ado about Nothing? (2021)
Journal Article

Chinese State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play a key role not only in China’ domestic market, but also in implementing the Government of China (GOC)’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative. Accordingly, Chinese SOEs have increasingly fallen back on investo... Read More about The Status of Chinese State-owned Enterprises in International Investment Arbitration: Much Ado about Nothing?.

A Chinese Theory of International Law (2021)
Journal Article

The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Exploring China’s Changing Attitude (2021)
Book Chapter

The legitimacy of investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) system has come under fire in recent years, and the call for reform or even transformation of global foreign direct investment governance is in vogue, with proposals ranging from incremental... Read More about The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Exploring China’s Changing Attitude.

Voluntary Eco-Labels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Eco-Label (2021)
Journal Article

One category of voluntary approaches to environmental governance is ecolabels used to nudge consumers towards purchasing environmentally friendly products. The purpose of this article is to critically review the trade law implications of voluntary ec... Read More about Voluntary Eco-Labels in International Trade Law: A Case Study of the EU Eco-Label.

Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China (2020)
Journal Article

When China acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2001, pundits were enthusiastic about the prospect that China’s World Trade Organization membership would boost international trade, encourage China’s restructuring toward a market economy, discip... Read More about Explaining the Limits of the WTO in Shaping the Rule of Law in China.

The Regulation of Product Standards in World Trade Law (2020)
Book

Clearing the fog: Forest Stewardship Council labelling and the World Trade Organization (2020)
Journal Article

This article aims to clarify three long-standing puzzles concerning the place of private standards in the World Trade Organization (WTO) through the lens of FSC labelling. The first question is whether the FSC label falls within the regulatory scope... Read More about Clearing the fog: Forest Stewardship Council labelling and the World Trade Organization.