Chinese Direct Investments in the EU and the Changing Political and Legal Frameworks

Contemporary Chinese Political Economy and Strategic Relations: An International Journal

István Csaba Moldicz¹ 

[1] Budapest Business School, University of Applied Sciences, Hungary;

关键词: geopolitics;    critical technologies;    germany;    france;    uk;    china;    us;    transatlantic alliance;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

This paper seeks to shed light on the key geopolitical interests of European countries (EU members) as for technology transfer from China and to China. The paper focuses on the policies of the key EU members (Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom). The paper focuses on these countries because on the one hand, these European countries are the main recipients of the Chinese FDI in Europe and offer attractive business environments for Chinese tech firms, while on the other hand, these four countries have measurable geopolitical clout and large markets too. The EU dimension cannot be neglected in this analysis; however, the presumption of the study is that the main features of the national foreign policies are defined by the countries themselves, not the EU. The general question of this paper is how these countries perceive Chinese tech firms’ potential role in their economies. Since the paper mainly centers on geopolitical questions, the paper cannot avoid raising the dilemma: how the transatlantic alliance is to be affected by the recent US foreign policy. The paper intends to raise and answer the following questions: (1) What are the basic European interests regarding international technology transfer? (2) What are the key differences in the interests of the significant European countries? (3) What the sectoral distribution of Chinese investment says about China’s intentions? (3) How is the transatlantic alliance being affected by the recent twists and turns of the US foreign policy? As for the paper’s methodology, we must underline that the study paper seeks to deliver a comprehensive analysis of the geopolitical interests, while relying on existing theoretical papers, policy papers of the countries’ governments and already existing datasets of Chinese investments.

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