Book launch: China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law
THIS EVENT IS BEING HELD ONLINE AND IN-PERSON AT SYDNEY LAW SCHOOL.
The University of Sydney Law School is delighted to invite you to the launch of China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law by Associate Professor Jie (Jeanne) Huang, Sydney Law School.
The book launch is an in-conversation discussion with the author and Mr Ian Watt, Vice Chair of the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT), Professor Hans Hendrischke from the University of Sydney Business School, and Associate Professor Delei Peng from the East China University of Science and Technology in China.
About China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law
This monograph extensively compares the e-commerce/digital trade chapters in the CPTPP, USMCA with RCEP and other free trade agreements concluded by China and discusses the impact of these rules on relevant Chinese domestic laws and development strategies.
Its main points are:
(1) China should promote the pluralism trend of international digital trade and e-commerce legislation, but this type of pluralism is not the pluralism of one-hundred flowers blooming or decentralized pluralism. On the contrary, China should seek centralized pluralism: trying to become one of a limited number of centers leading international digital trade and e-commerce legislation.
(2) For a long time in the past, China’s legislative model for domestic laws in foreign-related economic relations was to use international pressures (e.g. trade negotiation) to push domestic reforms. That is to apply the ‘internalization of international law’ model. However, in the field of digital trade and e-commerce, China has increasingly departed from the old model and instead, adopts the “externalization of domestic law” model. For example, China’s legislation on the protection of personal information has included provisions to achieve extraterritorial application, and Chinese courts have actively exercised long-arm jurisdiction in intellectual property disputes. The application of Chinese domestic law outside China will likely become the norm in the coming years.
(3) The “externalization of domestic law” model will likely help China become one of a limited number of centers shaping international digital trade and e-commerce legislation.
It has seven chapters covering major themes of the e-commerce/digital trade: cross-border data flow, intermediaries (such as Internet platforms), trade facilitation and China’s innovation in trade in goods by e-commerce, China’s private-international-law response to digital trade and e-commerce development, personal information protection and international investment arbitration.
“As one of the earliest research monographs in this field, this book has a thorough and precise analysis of CPTPP digital trade rules and is an indispensable reference book for scholars and practitioners studying CPTPP and free trade agreements.” Professor Qingjiang Kong, China University of Political Science and Law
Moderator: Mr. David Markus, law and data compliance expert and EMBA student at the University of Sydney Business School.
The book is in Chinese: Jie (Jeanne) Huang, China and the International E-commerce and Digital Trade Law: the case of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (University of International Business and Trade Press, August 2022, Beijing China, ISBN: 9787566323989, 262,000 words).
About the author
Dr. Jie (Jeanne) Huang is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney Law School, specializing in conflict of laws and digital trade. She is the Co-chair of the American Society of International Law Private International Law Interest Group and Co-Director of the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the Sydney Law School. She has published three monographs with leading publishers in English and Chinese.
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Wednesday 12 October 2022, 1-2pm (AEDT)
This event is being held an online and in-person at Sydney Law School. Please indicate your viewing preference when registering.
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This event is presented by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at Sydney Law School and the China Studies Centre.
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