The RCEP and its investment rules: Learning from the malleability of Chinese FTAs

• Main Author: WANG, Heng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: China; RCEP; China–Korea FTA; ISDS; foreign direct investment; investor–state dispute settlement; Asian Studies; International Trade Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/4494
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The chapter analyses China’s FTA approach to investment in terms of malleability, and its implications for the RCEP. The following questions are discussed: what is the trend of China’s FTA approach to investment concerning malleability? Is China a rule follower, shaker, or maker? How may China’s app...