CIAO DATE: 03/2015
September 2014
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
The Canada-China BIT could provide insight on the key issues to be discussed in a possible US-China BIT. A particularly controversial issue will be the terms of investor-state arbitration (ISA). But as ISA becomes increasingly controversial between developed democratic states, it may become harder to negotiate ISA with China.
Resource link: The Canada-China BIT 2012: Perspectives and Implications [PDF] - 336K