The nature and magnitude of the growth in China-Africa economic relations in recent years is unprecedented and extraordinary. According to recent estimates, the value of China’s trade with African nations grew from a mere USD 10 million in the 1980s to USD 55 billion in 2006, and to more than USD 100 billion by the end of 2009, at which time nearly 1,600 Chinese companies were doing business in Africa with a direct stock investment of about USD 7.8 billion. The accelerating impetus of China-Africa trade has overtaken some crucially important features of an effective trade regime, most notably a fully trustworthy dispute resolution system. It is the current and potential future efficacy of such a system that is taken up in this book with great understanding and skill. The author evaluates existing mechanisms of dispute resolution in all aspects of China-Africa economic relations in light of the parties’ economic and cultural profiles and their evolving legal traditions, and goes on to propose a comprehensive institutional model of dispute resolution that takes full account of the economic needs and legal cultures of both China and the various African countries. Among the topics and issues that arise in the course of the book are the following: suitability of the WTO’s dispute resolution mechanism for China-Africa trade relations; domestic, bilateral, regional, and multilateral law sources affecting China-Africa commerce; the role of intra-Africa bilateral investment treaties; competing interests that underpin international investment law; relevant legal, economic, and political challenges and cultural barriers; permissible scope of regional trade regimes; national treatment versus duty to compensate; and harmonization initiatives—model laws, incoterms, restatements. The author includes in-depth analysis of how China-Africa economic relations fare in the varieties of dispute resolution methods available at the major arbitral European and American institutions—ICSID, AAA, ICC, LCIA, PCA—as well as under the rules of the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and the important arbitral fora in Cairo, Kuala Lumpur, and Lagos. Endorsing institutional arbitration as the most appropriate form of resolving trade, investment, and commercial disputes arising between China and African countries, this ground-breaking analysis outlines the obstacles and shortcomings of the available means of dispute settlement, both in international and domestic contexts, and offers deeply informed recommendations for improvement of the existing system. Although the book will be welcomed by interested scholars and practitioners for its detailed discussion of how China-Africa trade relations are situated within the global trade regime, its most enduring value lies in its thorough evaluation of the available options and its proposals for structuring a legal framework within which future disputes will be effectively resolved.
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Foreword. Part I Background Chapter 1 General Introduction Chapter 2
Historical Background of China-Africa Economic Relations Part II The Legal
Framework and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in China-Africa Trade Relations
Chapter 3 The Multilateral Trading System and the Place of China and
Africa within It Chapter 4 The WTO Dispute Settlement System and the
Barriers Developing Nations Face Chapter 5 Considerations in Trade
Dispute Resolution Unique to China-Africa Relations Chapter 6
Evaluating Regional Options and a Look at the Arbitration Alternative Part
III The Legal Framework for the Resolution of China-Africa Investment Disputes
Chapter 7 The Evolution of International Investment Law Chapter 8
The Sources and Content of Current International Investment Law Chapter 9
The Sources of Law in China-Africa Investment Relations Part IV The Legal
Framework in China-Africa Private Commercial Relations Chapter 10 Private
Commercial Relations Chapter 11 Domestic Legal Frameworks Part V
Arbitration Chapter 12 International Arbitration Chapter 13
Arbitration in the United States and Europe: Profiles of Selected Arbitral
Institutions Chapter 14 Arbitration in Asia and Africa: Profiles of
Selected Arbitral Institutions Chapter 15 Summary of Conclusions and
Recommendations Appendix 1 Sharm El Sheikh Summit Declaration
Appendix 2 Sharm El Sheikh Action Plan Appendix 3 IISD Model
Investment Agreement Appendix 4 CIETAC Arbitration Rules Appendix 5
Cairo Center Arbitration Rules Appendix 6 KLRCA Arbitration Rules
Appendix 7 Lagos Centre Arbitration Ru Appendix 8 Chinese
Arbitration Law. Bibliography. Table of Cases. Table of Legislation and
International Agreements. Index.
