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The Role Of Free Trade Agreements In China´S Belt And Road Initiative: Promoting Regional Economic Integration?

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  • Zuzana Stuchlikova

    (Prague University of Economics and Business)

  • Dominik Proch

    (Prague University of Economics and Business)

  • Lukas Krupka

    (Prague University of Economics and Business)

  • Josef Bic

    (Prague University of Economics and Business)

Abstract

The paper focuses on free trade agreements in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) that has been implemented by the Chinese government. The article deals only with one of the officially declared priorities of the Initiative – trade cooperation, with an emphasis on the current state of regional economic integration from a Chinese point of view. Attention is paid mainly to new free trade agreements that have been negotiated and concluded by the Chinese government after the BRI launch in 2013. Despite the value of China´s trade with BRI´s countries has been growing gradually, China´s FTA network has been expanding rather slowly after 2013.

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  • Zuzana Stuchlikova & Dominik Proch & Lukas Krupka & Josef Bic, 2021. "The Role Of Free Trade Agreements In China´S Belt And Road Initiative: Promoting Regional Economic Integration?," Medzinarodne vztahy (Journal of International Relations), Ekonomická univerzita, Fakulta medzinárodných vzťahov, vol. 19(1), pages 5-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:brv:journl:v:19:y:2021:i:1:p:5-30
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    Keywords

    China; Belt and Road Initiative; international trade; regional economic integration; free trade agreement;
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    JEL classification:

    • O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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