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Since China and the EU announced their decision to negotiate a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) at the 14thChina-EU Summit in February 2012,the two sides has engaged in two rounds of negotiations. As the first standalone BIT that the European Union (EU) has attempted to negotiate and a BIT of two of the world's largest economies, the China-EU BIT is bound to occupy a unique place in the world history of BIT negotiations. This article attempts to assess the key issues that are likely to be involved in the negotiations of the BIT and its global implications. It concludes that whilst there are many tough issues to tackle in the negotiations, a successful China-EU BIT the BIT is likely to become a symbol of the emerging “Global BIT 2.0”
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