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A legal framework for the future trade and investment relationships of China with the EU and UK

Chen, Xingyu
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Kapsis, Ilias
Elfving, Sanna
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International Investment Principle, UK-China investment relations, EU-China investment relations, International Investment Agreement, Legal relations
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University of Bradford
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School of Law. Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences
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2024
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The current study is designed to present the Critical Review of the International Investment Agreements Between the UK, EU and China in the Post-Brexit and Post Covid-19 World. It is clear that the significant events that have taken place so far, including the financial crisis, the rise of China as an economic superpower, the rise of European nationalism, the UK have left the EU(Brexit), global climate change, the breaking out of the Covid-19 and Russia-Ukraine conflict are altering and affecting future legal relations of investment and trade between UK, EU and China. These events certainly result in significant changes in the investment policies of all three parties, and from this process, new relationships will emerge. As a result, the thesis’s research questions aim to capture these emerging developments. Therefore, the research addresses the core objectives of exploring the nature of legal relations of investment and trade between the UK and EU after Brexit, investigating and examining the future legal ties of investment and trade between the UK and China in post-Brexit and post Covid-19 and finally exploring the future Bilateral Investment Agreements between EU and China after Brexit and Post Covid-19. The application of doctrinal methodology helps to conduct a purely legal analysis of the international agreements between the UK, EU and China after Finally, the research will look to other models of international investment agreements, which can further contribute toward the future new development of investment policy in the three parties.
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https://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/handle/10454/20696
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