Involving 15 countries and covering a market of 2.2 billion people with a combined size of 30% of the world’s GDP, the largest trade deal in history Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) has signed on 15 November 2020.
On 20 November 2020, CIBEL member Associate Professor Kun Fan presented at the Fordham Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation as part of the New York Arbitration Week.
Journal article “China’s Approach to the Belt and Road Initiative: Scope, Character and Sustainability” has ranked as a highly cited article of the Journal of International Economic Law (JIEL).
Dr Weihuan Zhou explains why the existing WTO rules may be applied to tackle Chinese subsidies and makes recommendations on general principles and approaches for future negotiations of industrial subsidies.
The ongoing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) reform is one of the latest and significant developments in the field of international economic law.
CIBEL member Associate Professor Kun Fan was invited to take part in a panel discussion hosted by the Moot Alumni Association as part of the 2020 Hong Kong Legal Week.
CIBEL member Dr Weihuan Zhou was invited by the Centre for Trade and Investment of India to speak on "The Future of Subsidy Regulation at the WTO" in Session 23 of the Geneva Trade Week on 30 September 2020.
The pilot Herbert Smith Freehills CIBEL Asia-Pacific Pathway Program was held in September 2020. Two UNSW law students completed their 2-week internships at Herbert Smith Freehills from 31 August to 11 September 2020.
CIBEL Centre's Professor Heng Wang spoke on "The Challenges to International Economic Law in the Post-COVID-19 World: A Chinese Perspective" at an online conference hosted by Singapore Management University.
UNSW Law’s Herbert Smith Freehills China International Business and Economic Law (CIBEL) Centre member Dr Weihuan Zhou has been promoted to Associate Professor effective from 1 January 2021.
A book chapter titled “China’s Bilateral Investment Treaties” co-authored by two members of the CIBEL Centre has recently been published online on SpringerLink and will be published by Springer in hard copy in 2021.
CIBEL's Professor Heng Wang spoke on “The Future of International Economic Order in the Post-COVID-19 World” at a virtual workshop hosted by the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore.
CIBEL member Associate Professor Kun Fan presented at a webinar hosted by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC) on "Challenging A Domain Name: The 'Identical or Confusingly Similar' Requirement".
CIBEL Centre's Professor Heng Wang suggests that it could be meaningful to seek new solutions to trade tensions “through the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
