Tomorrow’s Silk Road: Assessing an EU-China Free Trade Agreement

Pelkmans, Jacques. and Hu, Weinian and Mustilli, Federica and Di Salvo, Mattia and Francois, Joseph and Bekkers, Eddy and Manchin, Miriam. and Tomberger, Patrick (2016) Tomorrow’s Silk Road: Assessing an EU-China Free Trade Agreement. Series > Centre for European Policy Studies (Brussels) > CEPS Paperbacks . UNSPECIFIED.

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Abstract

This book provides an independent and in-depth contribution on the status of bilateral economic exchanges and persistent trade barriers between the European Union and China. A second objective is to encourage a frank and open dialogue, based on a scientific evaluation and without prejudice, of the possibility of a preferential trade agreement between the two sides. The study, commissioned by the Foreign Trade Association, was carried out by CEPS, in cooperation with the World Trade Institute (WTI) at the University of Bern. Jacques Pelkmans, CEPS Senior Research Fellow, served as overall study leader and Joseph Francois, Managing Director and Professor of Economics at the World Trade Institute, led the WTI team.

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