 IntroductionBernadette Andreosso-O’Callaghan (), Serge Rey and Jacques Jaussaud Journal Global Policy and Governance, 2019, vol. 8, issue 2, 3-6 Abstract: Since its “New Asia Strategy” formulated in 1994 (EC, 1994), the European Commission has been eager to resurrect and then to refine its economic relationship with Asia and in particular with East-Asia, by upgrading the relationship to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” with China for example, and by focusing overall on greater “connectivity” between the two regions (see for example EC, 2018). According to the 1994 seminal document, the restoration of a strong relationship between the two regions would have enabled the EU to maintain its “leading role in the world economy”, to “ensure that [the EU] interests [were] taken fully into account in this key region” and, through an active participation of EU firms in Asia, the relationship would have provided “qualified jobs for European workers” (EC, 1994: 3). In one of the most recent EU Commission official documents where the relationship is now referred to as being one of “connectivity” between the two regions, particularly in the aftermath of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), it is stated that an enhanced relationship between the two regions “contribute to economic growth and jobs, global competitiveness and trade” EC (2018: 1). Date: 2019 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ase:jgpgta:v:8:y:2019:i:2:p:3-6:id:302 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Journal Global Policy and Governance from Transition Academia Press |
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