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8 - Energy Dispute Resolution along the Belt and Road

Should China Accede to the Energy Charter Treaty?

from Part III - China, BRI and Investment Dispute Resolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2021

By
Anatole Boute
Edited by
Wenhua Shan ,
Sheng Zhang  and
Jinyuan Su
Wenhua Shan
Affiliation:
Xian Jiaotong University, China
Sheng Zhang
Affiliation:
Xian Jiaotong University, China
Jinyuan Su
Affiliation:
Wuhan University School of Law
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Summary

It discusses the added value that the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) can potentially offer to Chinese external energy security by protecting Chinese outbound investments in countries along the Belt and Road. The geographical scope of the ECT to a large extent covers China’s main energy partners along the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’. In addition, participating in the modernization of the ECT could help China shape the treaty to reflect the special characteristics of its foreign energy investments and adjust this mechanism to the benefit of China’s increasing energy activities in the large number of BRI counterparties.

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Energy Charter Treatyenergy securitystate-owned enterprisesaccess to arbitration
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China and International Dispute Resolution in the Context of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ , pp. 185 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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