“Going Global” and Regionalization in EU-China Relationship: Perspective from the Baltics

Šteinbuka Inna (), Bērziņa-Čerenkova Una Aleksandra () and Sprūds Andris ()
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Šteinbuka Inna: Professor and Director of the Master’s degree programme “European Studies and Economic Diplomacy“, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics, Professor and Director of the Master’s degree programme “European Studies and Economic Diplomacy“, Faculty of Business, Management and Economics
Bērziņa-Čerenkova Una Aleksandra: Head of Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre
Sprūds Andris: Professor and Dean, Faculty of European Studies, Riga Stradins University; Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, andris.spruds@rsu.lv

European Studies - The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2019, vol. 6, issue 1, 177-192

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.

Keywords: European Union; China; Belt and Road Initiative; Going global; Regionalization; 17+1; Baltic countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.2478/eustu-2022-0035

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