Commercial Arbitration between China and the Portuguese-Speaking World

ISBN: 9789041154163 出版年：2014 页码：250 Sim?μes, Fernando Dias Kluwer Law International

Against a background of worldwide competition among jurisdictions to host arbitral proceedings in the wake of globalization, the very special advantages of Macau are rising inexorably. A European settlement since the sixteenth century, this Portuguese-speaking city on Chinaè?—s south coast has been positioning itself as an exemplary East-West trade centre since Chinaè?—s famous è?–openingè?— to the West in the 1970s. Now, diversifying its role as a service platform, Macau is poised to become a preeminent locus for commercial arbitration between China and the major developed and emerging trade nations of the West è?’ of particular interest to its major Lusophone counterparts Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, and Portugal, but, because of its traditional and highly developed è?–Europeanness,è?— to other major trading jurisdictions as well.