“Going Global” and Regionalization in EU-China Relationship: Perspective from the Baltics
“Going Global” and Regionalization in EU-China Relationship: Perspective from the Baltics
Author(s): Inna Šteinbuka, Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Andris SprūdsSubject(s): International relations/trade, Economic development, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, EU-Legislation
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: European Union; China; Belt and Road Initiative; Going global; Regionalization; 17+1; Baltic countries;
Summary/Abstract: This paper outlines the complex trends of the EU-China relationship. The EU and China have an extensive and growing economic engagement. China’s “going global” and the Belt and Road initiative may provide further opportunities for cooperation. However, considerable challenges, concerns and uncertainty exist. There is a divergence of values and diversity of interests. The wider frameworks and regional formats, such as 17+1 have mixed results. Moreover, tense relations between the US and China complicate even further complex and delicate balance of interests and expectations between the EU and China. This study identifies the existing trends and add the new contributing impetus to EU-China relations from the Baltic perspective.
Journal: European Studies - the Review of European Law, Economics and Politics
- Issue Year: 6/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 177-192
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English