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Professor Weihuan Zhou

Professor Weihuan Zhou

Professor

Ph.D, LL.M, MIB (University of Sydney), LLB (SISU)

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

I have great interest in the field of international economic law. My research focuses on the laws of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Customs law especially trade remedies, free trade agreements, Chinese commercial law, China’s regulations of international trade and investment, China’s integration into the international and regional economic order. I have published widely on these topics in a range of top international and domestic journals such as American Journal of International Law, ...
Phone
+61 (2) 9065 2102
E-mail
weihuan.zhou@unsw.edu.au
Location
The Law Building

2022 “Engaging with China to Reform the World Trading System”, Hong Kong Research Grants Council General Research Fund, co-Investigator, with Bryan Mercurio and Qingjiang Kong (HK$1,067,713 / AU$200,000), 2023-2025.

2022 “International Regulation of Cross-Border Subsidies and China’s Policy Options”, National Social and Science Fund of China, co-Investigator (200,000 RMB / AU$43,000), 2023-2025.

2021 “Regulation of State-owned Enterprises in International Trade Agreements and China’s Policy Options”, National Social and Science Fund of China, co-Investigator (200,000 RMB / AU$43,000), 2021-2024.

2018 CIBEL Seeds Grant (with Associate Professor Henry Gao at Singapore Management University) (Between Market Economy and State Capitalism: China’s State-Owned Enterprises and the World Trading System)

2018 University of New South Wales/Tsinghua-UNSW Collaborative Research Fund - Seed Grant（Co-investigator）(Financial Innovation and Regulatory change in the Context of De-globalisation: China's Approach and the Implications for Australia)

2017 University of New South Wales/SJTU-UNSW Collaborative Research Fund - Seed Grant（Chief Investigator）(China's Liberalization of Trade in Education Services under ChAFTA)

2016 University of New South Wales/SJTU-UNSW Collaborative Research Fund - Seed Grant（Chief Investigator）(China's Liberalization of Trade in Legal Services under ChAFTA)

2015 Early Career Research Teaching and Development Support Fund, UNSW Law

My research expertise covers international trade regulation, the laws of the World Trade Organisation, Customs law especially anti-dumping and countervailing laws and practice, free trade agreement, general international economic law, cross-border transactions especially foreign investment into Australia, Chinese commercial law and regulations of foreign investment, Chinese trade policies and regulations, general Chinese commercial law.

My current research explores the capacity of the WTO to deal with state capitalism, China's implementation of WTO rulings, the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement particularly the liberalisation of trade in services, the theoretical foundation for a multilateral trading system, and the issues of non-market economies.

My Research Supervision

1. Vinitika Vij, "Developing Countries in a Warming World: Redesigning Differential Treatment in the Trade-and-Environment Matrix at the WTO", co-supervise with Prof Natalie Klein (commenced in 2024). 
2. Yuxin Liu, "Global Value Chains for A Green Transition", co-supervise with A/Professor Kun Fan and Dr Lu Wang (commenced in 2024).

PHD completions
1. Thuan Hoang, "Antidumping Regulations and Systems in Vietnam", co-supervise with Professor Lisa Toohey and Professor Colin Picker (completion in 2018).

2. Xiaomeng Qu, "A Comparative Analysis of Compulsory Acquisition Law", co-supervise with Professor Brendan Edgeworth (completion in 2021).

3. Oxana Wolfson, "Thumb on the Scale: Residents' Access to Water under Privatised Water Service Provision in California" co-supervise with Professors Fleur Johns and Amelia Thorpe (completion in 2024).

My Teaching

 

I teach and/or convene a range of courses under our undergraduate and postgraduate programs, including:

  • Principles of Private Law (LAWS1150/JURD7150)
  • International Trade Law: The Law and Policy of the WTO (LAWS3084/JURD7484)
  • International Trade Remedies: Law and Practices (LAWS3354/JURD7554)
  • International Business Transactions (LAWS8993/JURD7593)
  • World Trade Law: Contemporary Issues and Concerns (LAWS8989/JURD7689)
  • Chinese Regulation of International Business (LAWS3157/JURD7657)
  • Law of the World Trade Organisation (LAWS8972/JURD7472)
  • Intro to Chinese Regulation of Int'l Business (LAWS8365/JURD7765)