An updated version of the China-Russia investment treaty entered into force yesterday. The treaty, replacing the 2006 version, features 20 provisions designed to improve investment protection and add rules governing investment facilitation and investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS).

China and five Central Asian nations last week concluded their Second China-Central Asia Summit, unveiling a series of trade and investment agreements and underscoring Beijing's deepening economic commitment with the neighboring region.

Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Russia has resulted in the signing of multiple documents aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation, particularly in investment and trade. The visit underscores the deepening economic partnership between Beijing and Moscow against a backdrop of global geopolitics.

Last week, during Chinese Premier Li Qiang's visit to Belarus, the two governments signed a number of deals on the BRI and trade, including one on services trade and investment.

In an opinion issued last week, a U.S. appeals court ruled against Nigeria's motion to dismiss a lawsuit by a Chinese company trying to enforce an international investment arbitration award.

Today, top officials of the Chinese and Angolan governments signed an Investment Agreement in Beijing.

Canada and Taiwan have completed their 10 month long negotiations on a foreign investment agreement, although the text has not yet been released and some "legal scrubbing" still needs to take place.