China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance?

Mak, Charles Ho Wang

Abstract

This is a review of the book "China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance?", edited by Julien Chaisse. China has the fastest-growing major economy in the world. With its strong investment relationship with the European Union [EU] in the past years, it calls for a better understanding of the laws and practices of both China's and the EU's investment regimes. "China-European Union Investment Relationships: Towards a New Leadership in Global Investment Governance?" is a timely book that contributes to understanding the current EU and China investment agreement negotiations (especially as the negotiations recently entered into a critical stage). The book includes a collection of essays that explore the current laws and policies (both internationally and internally) between the EU and China. This book is edited by the award-winning Professor Julien Chaisse with essays written by sixteen contributors, which provide comprehensive, in-depth and captivating insights into the EU and China investment relationships. As the editor mentions in the first chapter, the book is "the result of considerable collective effort, which started with the Asia FDI Forum III held in Hong Kong on May 11–12, 2017, an event jointly organized by the CUHK Law Faculty, Columbia University Centre for Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the World Economic Forum (WEF)" (p. 13). This tome casts a net at once wide and deep enough to appeal to both a general readership and specialists.

Citation

MAK, C.H.W. 2020. China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance? Asian journal of international law [online], 10(2), pages 413-414. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251320000107

• Journal Article Type: Book Review
• Acceptance Date: Jul 31, 2020
• Online Publication Date: Nov 16, 2020
• Publication Date: Jul 31, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 19, 2023
• Journal: Asian journal of international law
• Print ISSN: 2044-2513
• Electronic ISSN: 2044-2521
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 413-414
• Item Discussed: CHAISSE, J. (ed.) 2018. China-European Union investment relationships: towards a new leadership in global investment governance? Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 9781788971898
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S2044251320000107
• Keywords: Investment; Finance; International law; China; European Union
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1992868