Law to be applied to the agreement of international purchase and selling of goods between Russian and Chinese enterprises: experience of the International commercial arbitration court at the chamber of commerce and

The article analyzes the problematic issues that arise in determining the law to be applied to international contracts for the sale of goods concluded between Russian and Chinese enterprises. Based on the practice of the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation and Russian state courts, the author examines the legal status of the General conditions for the supply of goods from the USSR to the People’s Republic of China and from the People’s Republic of China to the USSR, different approaches to qualifications of a legal nature of the norms of this act. It recommends that the participants in foreign economic activity conclude an agreement on the choice of law applicable to the contract and express directly in it their will regarding the applicability of the General conditions.