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Public-Private Partnership: The Chinese Dilemma, Henry S. Gao
Public-Private Partnership: The Chinese Dilemma, Henry S. Gao
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
As noted by Greg Shaffer in his book ‘Defending Interests: Public-Private Partnerships in WTO Litigation’, the US and EU have different approaches to public-private partnership in dealing with foreign trade barriers: the former tends to be more ‘bottom-up’, while the latter tends to be ‘top-down’. Inspired by Shaffer’s work, this article examines China’s experience in establishing public-private partnership. Initially, China appeared to prefer the American approach by adopting the Rules on Trade Barrier Investigation (TBI), which empowers domestic firms to petition the government directly to launch investigation against foreign trade barriers. However, since 2005, China seems to have shifted to …
China’S Role In The Changing Governance Of Arctic Shipping, Nengye Liu
China’S Role In The Changing Governance Of Arctic Shipping, Nengye Liu
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
This paper explores the role that China could play in the development of an effective international legal system for the governance of Arctic shipping. The first part describes the current international legal regime applicable to shipping activities in the Arctic. The second assesses China's relations with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and the Arctic Council. China's potential contribution to the governance of Arctic shipping is addressed in the final part.
Strategies For Surviving In China's Intellectual Property Minefield, David Llewelyn, Peter J. Williamson
Strategies For Surviving In China's Intellectual Property Minefield, David Llewelyn, Peter J. Williamson
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
Despite a slowdown in China’s GDP growth from the double-digit heights of the last decade, it is still expanding at over 7% per annum – a growth rate that looks more sustainable. Growth in the other major emerging economies including India, Brazil and Russia, by contrast, has all but collapsed, at least for the present. Growth in the developed economies, meanwhile, remains fragile in the wake of their post-2008 financial crisis recessions. It is not surprising, therefore, that the Boards of many foreign companies are counting on winning share in the China market to support their top-line growth in coming …