China, India and the International Economic Order

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C HINA, INDIA AND
THE INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER

With contributions by a variety of internationally distinguished scholars on international law, world trade, business law and development, this unique examination of the roles of China and India in the new world economy adopts the perspectives of international economic law and comparative law. The two countries are compared with respect to issues concerning trade and development, the World Trade Organization, international dispute settlement, regional/free trade agreements, outsourcing, international investment, foreign investment, corporate governance, competition law and policy, and law and development in general. The findings demonstrate that, though their domestic approaches to economic issues diverge, China and India adopt similar stances at the international level on many major issues, recapturing images which existed during the immediate post-colonial era. Cooperation between China and India could provide leadership in the struggle for economic development in developing countries. muthuc umara swamy sornara jah is C. J. Koh Professor at the
Faculty of Law of the National University of Singapore and the Tunku
Abdul Rahman Professor of International Law at the University of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur. jia ng yu wa ng is an associate professor at the Faculty of Law of the
National University of Singapore.

C HINA, INDIA AND
THE INTERNATIONAL
ECONOMIC ORDER
Edited by
MUTHUCUMARASWAMY SORNARAJAH and JIANGYU WANG

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