Eu-China: New Impetus for Global Partnership
Eu-China: New Impetus for Global Partnership

Summary/Abstract: This paper is focussing on the place of the EU-China partnership in the changing world order. With the U-turn in the US approach to multilateral system of trade relations and climate change, some of the ways for the EU and China to move forward are getting different in their strategies. A successful cooperation in the future might be determined by the extent to which China accepts the ‘European values’, but the question will also arise as to whether EU is prepared to embrace the governance dynamics of China. The authors are trying to identify the new impetus of EU-China relations and give very concrete illustrations of where their potential future cooperation could be established, at the same time acknowledging that considerable uncertainty will still exist in the near future. China’s relations with other global players such as Russia are of utmost importance, and the authors reflecting on how these relations might impact the advancements on EU-China dialogue and cooperation. The paper is illustrating China’s ever increasing role and influence when it comes to trade and investments with EU countries, cooperation in energy, science and innovation as well as climate change. The paper is concluding that the recent changes in the world order and EU approach to multilateral system gave new impetus to the EU-China relations.

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