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The EU and China in the global climate regime: a dialectical collaboration-competition relationship

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  • Sirma Altun

    (Ankara University)

  • Ceren Ergenc

    (Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Suzhou)

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As two major powers that are willing to lead the design and evolution of the global climate regime, the EU and China have maintained a dialogue on climate change and biodiversity while clashing over other economic and political issues. This paper investigates EU-China relations in the global climate regime by briefly analysing three main areas that are key for the global green transition: standardization, green taxonomy, and the renewables sector. The paper claims that EU-China relations in the global climate regime develop within the dialectical collaboration-competition nexus, showing moments of consensus as well as contention between the two major powers in the three selected cases.

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  • Sirma Altun & Ceren Ergenc, 2023. "The EU and China in the global climate regime: a dialectical collaboration-competition relationship," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 21(3), pages 437-457, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:asiaeu:v:21:y:2023:i:3:d:10.1007_s10308-023-00664-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00664-y
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