中国-澳大利亚FTA中投资仲裁庭的权力约束机制述评

On the Restriction Mechanism for the Power of International Tribunal in the China-Australia FTA

投资者-东道国争端解决条款是中澳FTA的核心条款之一。中澳两国晚近所处的情况相似,均身兼资本输入国和输出国的双重身份且均在国际投资仲裁中有过被诉的经历,故在接受国际仲裁机制的问题上,两国的立场日趋一致。这一立场体现在两国新签署的FTA之上。在普遍接受国际仲裁机制的同时,为避免国际仲裁庭滥用其授权,中澳FTA步步设防,构建了一个多元化、体系化的权力制约机制。

Investor-State arbitration provisions are the core of the China-Australia FTA. China and Australia are in the same situation recently, both of which are the countries holding capital-input and capital-output status, and have been respondents to Investor- State dispute settlement claims. Accordingly, at the point of consent to international arbitration mechanism, China and Australia have the same attitude, which is reflected in the new FTA. China-Australia FTA generally accepts international arbitration, and meanwhile, creates a diversified and systematic restriction mechanism for the power of international tribunal, to prevent the abuse of power step by step.