<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This contribution articulates the synergies and divergences of the various formats of cooperation between China and the European countries. The EU and China have a strong interest in each other’s flagship initiatives, namely the Investment Plan for Europe, and the One Belt, One Road Initiative (Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road). The authors argue that there are certain synergies between these initiatives. Furthermore, the new initiative EU-China Connectivity Platform is aimed to explore these synergies. The authors explore the recent developments in the EU-China investments, trade cooperation and the challenges of the ever-growing CEEC-China partnership in different formats, including the new platform of 16+1. The authors examine these implications in relation to the need to expand and adapt the content and approach of the EU-China Bilateral Investment agreement. The article concludes that the CEEC-China relation does not go against the EU; moreover, neither the CEE countries nor China have any motivation to try to weaken the EU.</p></abstract>

This contribution articulates the synergies and divergences of the various formats of cooperation between China and the European countries. The EU and China have a strong interest in each other’s flagship initiatives, namely the Investment Plan for Europe, and the One Belt, One Road Initiative (Silk Road Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road). The authors argue that there are certain synergies between these initiatives. Furthermore, the new initiative EU-China Connectivity Platform is aimed to explore these synergies. The authors explore the recent developments in the EU-China investments, trade cooperation and the challenges of the ever-growing CEEC-China partnership in different formats, including the new platform of 16+1. The authors examine these implications in relation to the need to expand and adapt the content and approach of the EU-China Bilateral Investment agreement. The article concludes that the CEEC-China relation does not go against the EU; moreover, neither the CEE countries nor China have any motivation to try to weaken the EU.

Cooperation Formats of China and Europe: Synergies and Divergences

TalTech Journal of European Studies

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This contribution articulates the synergies and divergences of the various formats of cooperation between China and the European countries. The EU and China...

Cooperation Formats of China and Europe: Synergies and Divergences

Published Online: Jul 08, 2017

Page range: 98 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2017-0007

Keywords
Bilateral investment agreement, CEEC economic integration, EU, trade and investment

© by Inna Šteinbuka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Cooperation Formats of China and Europe: Synergies and Divergences

Published Online: Jul 08, 2017

Page range: 98 - 118

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2017-0007

KeywordsBilateral investment agreement, CEEC economic integration, EU, trade and investment

© by Inna Šteinbuka

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Bilateral investment agreement, CEEC economic integration, EU, trade and investment