Abstract
Sino-European relations have considerably improved over the last decade, but there are still issues over which there is disagreement. This chapter briefly reviews EU-China institutional relations. Analysing this strategic partnership raises a number of questions. The chapter looks at the political and economic links between the partners. Through examining their political ties, potential issues for cooperation such as climate change, emergency management and maritime security are explored. The chapter also remarks on sticking points such as human rights. It then explores the economic relations by highlighting the economic and trade interdependencies as well as their complementarity. Nevertheless, frictions persist in regard to the trade imbalance, the opacity of the Chinese market and anti-dumping practices. Finally, the chapter draws some tentative conclusions.
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Notes
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The HPPD was officially launched in March 2012, and has become the third pillar of EU-China institutional architecture. It tackles the areas of education and training, culture, multilingualism and youth, all of which are ongoing under the European General-Directorate of Education and Culture. The aim is to invest in the field of people-to-people exchanges to overcome mistrust and establish an intercultural understanding between the societies. The last discussion was held in Beijing in September 2014. The potential components of this pillar are: ‘EU-China Higher Education Platform for Cooperation and Exchange’, the China-Europe International Business School and the China-EU School of Law.
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The dialogue architecture is constantly changing as discussions evolve and new topics for cooperation appear. The number, nature and scope of the dialogues may then be different at the time of reading this chapter.
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For more information visit: http://www.dragon-star.eu/tackling-societal-challenges
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For more information visit: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Securing_Our_Environment/Overview3
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Large reserves of oil, gas, zinc, diamonds, gold and iron.
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These zones will provide the test beds for innovative regulations, policy, standards and so on for low carbon development in China.
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This Project aims to develop and demonstrate carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technology, in the EU and in China, to capture and store CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants by 2020.
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The PRC does not recognise the International Court of Justice.
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Interview with European Official (1), 29 November 2012, Brussels.
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Interview with Chinese scholar (1), 17 October 2014, Shanghai.
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The conditions specified to govern the lift were as follows: upgrading of the Code of Conduct on Arms Export, improvements in the HR situation and security in the region.
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Interview with European official (2), 11 December 2012, Brussels.
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For more information look at: http://www.cencenelec.eu/intcoop/projects/visibility/CESIP/Pages/default.aspx
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For more information visit: http://www.eftasurv.int/internal-market-affairs/notifications/rapex-notifications/
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The mandate to launch negotiations on this new agreement was approved by the Council in December 2005.
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For more information look at http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/december/tradoc_118238.pdf
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A quota system created to limit global clothing sales. The EU reserved the right to impose temporary limits on imports from China as a part of the agreement between the two sides on China’s WTO membership.
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