Asian Perspectives on International Investment Law

'The book Asian Perspectives on International Investment Law, edited by Junji Nakagawa, offers fresh and essential reading on the changing landscape of international investment law in Asia. Asian countries have been actively engaged regional rule-making in international investment law as illustrated by the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement, China-Japan-Korea Trilateral Investment Agreement, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP) investment chapter. The book, in particular, provides a thorough explanation of the major factors that put Asian countries to new directions in international investment rule-making and dispute settlement. The editor is to be congratulated not only on his selection of authors but also on the speed with which they have taken them from conference presentation to book chapter.'— Julien Chaisse, Professor, Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Advisory Board Member, Asian Academy of International Law (AAIL)

'The last decades witnessed remarkable growth in investment flows and a steady shift of the world’s economic centre of gravity to Asia. Countries in the region are becoming active participants in the global market and contributing to rethink and reshape its principles and practices. This book addresses several key issues for the international investment law and dispute settlement system but also demonstrates why Asia will be the major gravitational force driving its future.'— Fernando Dias Simões, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong