In the Shadow of the Global Pandemic: Deepening or Shrinking Cooperation Between China and the Baltic States?

Šteinbuka Inna (), Bērziņa-Čerenkova Una Aleksandra () and Sprūds Andris ()
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Šteinbuka Inna: Director, Master’s Programme in European Studies and Economic Diplomacy, University of Latvia
Bērziņa-Čerenkova Una Aleksandra: Head, Riga Stradins University China Studies Centre
Sprūds Andris: Prof. Dr. Andris Sprūds, Dean, Riga Stradins University Faculty of European Studies

European Studies - The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2020, vol. 7, issue 1, 45-65

Abstract: The paper addresses cooperation between China and the Baltic states and explores future scenarios of political and economic relations in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The paper is divided into three major parts. The first segment outlines the Baltic perspective on China’s global and regional activities and the proposed Health Silk Road. The second part focuses on structural factors and recent development of economic cooperation between China and the Baltic states. The third part speaks of strategic and political challenges in engaging with China during the pandemic and in its aftermath. The paper provides a prognosis that co-existing trends of both deepening and shrinking cooperation will transpire in the relations between the EU and China, and specifically the Baltic states and China. Latvia’s choices, among others, will be impacted by international obligations, including the transatlantic ties.

Keywords: EU; China; Baltic states; COVID-19; trade; investment; Health Silk Road; trans-Atlanticism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/eustu-2022-0046

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