China’s FTAs: Legal Characteristics and Implications
By , February 8, 2012
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This article discusses China’s growing reliance on free trade agreements as it becomes more integrated in the world economy. The author recognizes the dispute settlement in China’s FTAs are usually friendly and nonlitigious, allowing for amicable negotiations with the ability to resort to conciliation, mediation, or arbitration. This both embodies the traditional Chinese values and China’s unfamiliarity with the procedures and practices of trade dispute resolution and shows its lack of confidence in the international system.
