China & Singapore Agree to Assemble Multi-National BRI Mediation Panel
During the opening speech of the China-Singapore International Commercial Dispute Resolution Conference, held on January 24, Senior Minister of State for Health and Law Edwin Tong announced China and Singapore’s agreement to assemble a panel of international mediators to help resolve disputes regarding China’s Belt and Road Initiative.
The Belt and Road Initiative (“BRI”) is China’s effort to advance regional cooperation throughout Asia by building infrastructure, trade, and investment connections between China and many other Asian countries. Currently, BRI-related disputes are resolved through litigation or arbitration, but both of those mechanisms heavily rely on western theories of conflict resolution, according to […]