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The EU’s trade strategy towards China: lessons for an effective turn

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  • Camille M. Brugier

    (European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana)

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The European Union (EU)’s trade strategy has changed since 2015 with the re-introduction of human rights and the EU’s refusal to grant China Market Economy Status. The questions under investigation here are what were the drivers of EU-China trade before the strategic turn and what consequences could the new EU strategy bring about in the relationship. The paper will draw from 16 interviews with think tanks and policy makers carried out in Beijing and Brussels in 2015 to uncover the Chinese perceptions of the EU and its diplomats as well as the preferences that have so far pushed China to make the EU one of its first trade partners. This work concludes that in order for the EU-China trade relationship to keep functioning, the new EU strategy towards China needs to keep human rights as an issue separated from trade, needs to boost knowledge and legislation transfers on sensitive issues like food safety and environmental management and finally needs to keep the “European way” of dealing with trade frictions and disputes with China.

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  • Camille M. Brugier, 2017. "The EU’s trade strategy towards China: lessons for an effective turn," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 199-212, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:asiaeu:v:15:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1007_s10308-017-0475-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s10308-017-0475-4
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    Cited by:

    1. Lenka Fojtíková, 2017. "State Regulation in China in the Light of Its WTO Membership," European Journal of Business Science and Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Business and Economics, vol. 3(1), pages 29-43.
    2. Thomas Christiansen & Richard Maher, 2017. "The rise of China—challenges and opportunities for the European Union," Asia Europe Journal, Springer, vol. 15(2), pages 121-131, June.

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