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  • 19 - China’s International Investment Agreement Policy

  • from Part V - China and Investment Governance
  • Edited by Henry Gao, Singapore Management University, Damian Raess, University of Bern, Ka Zeng, University of Arkansas
  • Book:
    China and the WTO
    Published online:
    14 September 2023
    Print publication:
    28 September 2023, pp 452-467
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    This chapter investigates whether China assumes the role of a rule-taker, acts as a rule-maker or even breaks with the system governing foreign investment. Given its significant foreign investment flows and economic and political clout, a better understanding of China’s ideas for and potential role in the ongoing reform of global investment governance is highly relevant. An analysis of China’s international investment agreements shows that China acted as a rule-taker by broadly accepting the templates of its treaty partners, while clinging to a number of defensive positions. The most recent and significant international investment agreement negotiated by China, the Comprehensive Agreement on Investment, signed in principle with the EU, seems to be following a template that largely reflects the preferences of the EU. China is also a supporter of the World Trade Organization negotiations on investment facilitation. China’s role in the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement negotiations should be characterized not so much as a thought-leader but as a key promoter of dialogue and negotiations.