Should the four great safeguards in sino-foreign BITS be hastily dismantled? Comments on provisions concerning dispute settlement in model U.S. and Canadian BITs

Journal of World Investment and Trade

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 899-933

  Chen, An ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 85056635458     PISSN: 16607112     EISSN: 22119000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/221190006X00045     Document Type: Article

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