This book provides an original and critical analysis of the most contentious subjects being negotiated in the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI).

Yuwen Li is a professor of Chinese law and the director of the Erasmus China Law Centre at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Tong Qi is a professor of international economic law and the director of the Centre of Overseas Investment Law at the Law School of Wuhan University, China.

Cheng Bian is a researcher at the Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

1. Introduction: Opportunities and Challenges Towards a China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

YUWEN LI and CHENG BIAN

Part I: China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: Core Issues

2. The China-EU Investment Agreement Negotiations: Rationale, Motivations and Contentious Issues

AXEL BERGER

3. Convergences and Divergences in the China-EU and the China-US BIT Negotiations

HONGYU FU and MENG WAN

4. Elements of Public Policy in the Making of the China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment

CHENG BIAN and YUWEN LI

5. Bridging the Gap between Investments and Human Rights Protection: Prospects and Challenges for the China-EU CAI

MATTHIEU BURNAY

Part II: Reforming ISDS: Institutional Aspects

6. Judicialization of ISDS: The European Union's Approach to Multilateral Reform of Investment Dispute Settlement

COLIN BROWN and ELIO GAARTHUIS

7. Concrete Issues in Instituting an International Investment Court

JUN XIAO

8. Reforming ISDS: A Chinese Perspective

HUIPING CHEN

9. China's Policy on ISDS Reform: Institutional Choice in a Diversified Era

TONG QI

10. Investor-State Arbitration: An Economics and Empirical Perspective

MICHAEL FAURE and WANLI MA

Part III: Reforming ISDS: Substantive and Procedural Aspects

11. European Perspectives on the Role of National Courts in the Resolution of Investor-State Disputes

VID PRISLAN

12. Is (In)Consistency a Problem? - A Close Look at Juridical Techniques in Interpreting Jurisdiction Clauses in Chinese BIT Cases

WEI SHEN

13. Transparency of ISDS in the Making of a China-EU CAI: Consensus and Differences

MANJIAO CHI

14. The Status of State-Owned Enterprises in ISDS from an EU Perspective

ALESSANDRO SPANO

15. The Status of State-Owned Enterprises in ISDS from a Chinese Perspective

SHENG ZHANG

16. Protection of Victims in International Investment Dispute Resolution: Juxtaposing Different Topics?

MARTIJN SCHELTEMA

17. A Comprehensive Chapter on Anti-Corruption in the China-EU CAI: A Progressive or an Unnecessary Step?

YUEMING YAN