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Remarks by Mark Feldman

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Abstract

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China-Africa Investment Treaties and Dispute Settlement: A Piece of the Multipolar Puzzle
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2014

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References

1 See, e.g., Agreement between the Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, art. 9(3), May 11, 1998, (entered into force May 1, 2000).

2 See Agreement between the Government of Barbados and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Promotion and Protection of Investments, art. 9(1), July 20, 1998 (entered into force Oct. 1, 1999).

3 See, e.g., Agreement between the Government of the United Mexican States and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, art. 1, July 11, 2008 (entered into force June 6, 2009) (defining “investment” in paras, (i) & (i)).

4 See, e.g., Agreement on Investment of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China, art. 15, Aug. 15, 2009, (entered into force Jan. 1, 2010).

5 See, e.g., Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the People’s Republic of China for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments, art. 4, Sept. 9, 2012.

6 Ping An Life Ins. Co. v. Belgium, ICSID Case No. ARB/12/29.

7 See Peterson, Luke Eric, Chinese Insurer Files ICSID Claim Against Belgium; Ping An Lost $2.3 Billion When Fortis Bank Crumbled, Investment Arb. Rep. (Sept. 23, 2012).Google Scholar

8 See id. (reporting that Ping An had been the largest shareholder in the Belgian-Dutch financial institution Fortis, which “nearly collapsed in 2008”).