Opening remarks (9am London time // 5pm Beijing time) by Dr Matthieu Burnay (QMUL) and Prof. Julien Chaisse (City University of Hong Kong)

Introductory remarks (9:10am London time // 4:10 Beijing time) by Ms Marie-Pierre Vedrenne (Vice-Chair, Committee on International Trade)

Session 1: EU and China Investments: Right of States to Regulate 9:30am London time (4:30pm Beijing time)

Chair: Prof. Julien Chaisse

- Labour rights, by Dr. Axel Marx (Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies)

- The “Korea labour commitments” Case-- Lessons and Prospects for CAI, by Dr Sungjing Kang (Kim and Chang)

- Environmental rights, by Dr Dominic Dagbanja (University of West Australia)

Discussants: Prof. Markus Krajewski, Erlangen (University of Erlangen Nuremberg) and Dr Angelos Dimopoulos (QMUL)

Session 2: Towards Ratification by EU and China

11:00am London time (6:00pm Beijing time)

Chair: Dr Matthieu Burnay

- The EU-Vietnam FTA experience, by Prof. Claudio Dordi (Bocconi University)

- The EU Ratification Process by Dr Kolja Raube (University of Leuven)

- The China Ratification Process, by Prof. Li Bin (Beijing Normal University)

Discussants: Dr Shaohua Yan (Fudan University) and Prof. Men Jing (Dalian University of Technology)

12:30am London time (7:30pm Beijing time)

Concluding remarks by Dr Matthieu Burnay (QMUL) and Prof. Julien Chaisse (City University of Hong Kong)

**Please note this will be an online event and all registrants will be sent joining instructions on Friday 26th March.