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CHINA & European Union

Cooperation Opportunities Group-6

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+ Agenda

n  Background & Status Quo

n  Issues

n  Highlights from Beijing Summit – China & EU

n  Conclusion

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+ Background - Timelines

n  Mutually disregard (1975-1994)

n  Mutually attraction (1995-2002)

n  Honeymoon (2003-2004)

n  Reflection and adjustment (2005-now)

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+ Mutual disregard (1975-1994)

n  In 1975, diplomatic relations were established between the European Community and China.

n  Two documents: n  1978: bilateral trade agreement n  1985: trade and cooperation agreement

n  Bilateral trade: n  US$ 2.4 billion in 1980 n  US$ 33.97 billion in 1994

n  Political dialogues established in 1994

n  European Commission (1994): “Towards a New Asia Strategy”

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+ Mutual attraction (1995-2002)

n  European Commission (1995): “A long term- policy for China-Europe relations”

n  Some sectorial dialogues were established

n  The summit meeting system created in 1998

n  European Commission(1995): “Building a Comprehensive Partnership with China”

n  China overtook Switzerland to become the EU’s second largest trading partner behind the US (2003): n  Bilateral trade reached US$100 billion.

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The rise of China is unmatched amongst national experiences since the Second World War. Japan has made its mark as an economic power, the Soviet Union survived essentially as a military power, China is increasingly strong in both the military-political and the economic sphere.

-- European Commission (1995): “A long-term policy for China-Europe relations”

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+ Honeymoon (2003-2004)

n  European Commission (2003): “A maturing partnership - shared interests and challenges in EU-China relations”

n  Chinese government (2003): “China’s EU policy paper”

n  Frequent exchanges of visits: n  EU officials paid 206 visits to China in 2004 n  Chinese Premier Wen in Brussels in May 2004

n  In words of Romano Prodi: EU-China relations are ‘a very serious engagement’

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+ Reflection and adjustment (2005-now)

n  Problems in lifting the arms embargo

n  The EU’s rising trade deficit: n  China’s exports to the EU

n  US$19.09 billion in 1995 US$181.98 billion in 2006 n  China’s imports from the EU

n  US$21.25 billion in 1995 US$90.32 billion in 2006

n  European Commission (2006):“EU-China: closer partners, growing responsibilities”

n  European Commission (2006):“A policy paper on EU-China trade and investment: Competition and Partnership”

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+ Current Trade Scenario

Trade report between China & Europe - 2011

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+ Opportunities

n  Political Aspect

n  Economic Aspect

n  Education, Science Technology, Culture, Health & Other aspects.

n  Social, Judicial, and Administrative Aspect.

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+POLITICAL ASPECT

n  Strengthen the exchange of high-level visits and political dialogue

n  Strictly abide by the one-China principle

n  Encourage Hong Kong and Macao's cooperation with EU

n  Promote the EU's understanding of Tibet

n  Continue the human rights dialogue

n  Strengthen international cooperation

n  Increase exchanges between political parties in Chinaand the EU

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+ECONOMIC ASPECT

n  Economic Cooperation and Trade

n  Financial Cooperation

n  Agricultural Cooperation

n  Environmental Cooperation

n  IT Cooperation

n  Energy Cooperation

n  Transport Cooperation

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+ THE EDUCATION, SCIENCE-TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, HEALTH AND OTHER ASPECTS

n  Cooperation in Science and Technology

n  Cultural Exchange

n  Cooperation in Education

n  Cooperation in Health and Medical Care

n  Press Exchange

n  Personnel Exchange

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+THE SOCIAL, JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS

n  Cooperation in Labour and Social Security

n  Exchange in Judicial Field

n  Cooperation in Police Affairs

n  Cooperation in Public Administration

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+ISSUES OF CONTENTION

n  TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFER AND INDUSTRIAL POLICY •  JV

•  IPR

•  HIGH LEVEL OF CORRUPTION

•  UNRELIABLE LEGAL SYSTEM

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+Arms Embargo

n  Reason

n  Internal EU divisions

n  Outside Pressure

n  Current Trends

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+The 14th EU-China Summit

When ? 14th Feb

Where? Beijing

Who All ? Chinese PM – Wen Jiabao and leaders of EU institutions Herman Van Rompuy (European Council) and José Manuel Barroso

(Commission).

Points

n  Solid Co-operation on trade

n  Sustainable Urbanization

n  More Exchanges

n  International Issues

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+CONCLUSION

Both EU and China are taking concerted efforts to promote cooperation and explore opportunities in political, social, economical and allied fields to achieve a WIN-WIN situation for both.