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T1 The cooperation agreements within the belt and road initiative: The european common commercial policy at crossroads.
A1 Martínez San Millán, Carmen
K1 Derecho Internacional Público
K1 Derecho de la Unión Europea
K1 Belt and Road Initiative
K1 International Trade
K1 Memorandums of Understanding,
K1 European Union
K1 Common Commercial Policy
K1 Trade Power
K1 5603 Derecho Internacional
AB To  carry  out  Chinese  investments  in  third  countries  under  the  Belt  and  Road  Initiative,  the  China  is  currently  concluding  numerous  cooperation  agreements  called  Memorandums  of  Understanding  with  its  objective  States,  including European Union Member States. These Memorandums of Understanding are  international  agreements,  but  not  international  treaties  as  such,  which  implies  that  these  documents  may  not  lead  to  rights  and  obligations  under  International  Law. However, every Memorandum of Understanding signed between China and a European Member States should be interpreted in accordance with European Law. The  problem  is  that  Member  States  are  presumably  violating  different  instruments  of  this  legal  framework  as  well  as  the  European  Union  Common  Commercial  Policy,  which  is  an  exclusive  competence  of  this  international  organization,  if  we  interpret  that  these  cooperation  agreements  are  masking  free  trade  agreements.  This paper aims to analyse this possible interpretation and its consequences for the European Union, as these agreements entail a weakening of the European trade and investment power and put the European Common Commercial Policy at crossroads.
PB Universidad de Deusto. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas.
SN 1130-8354
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81362
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/81362
LA eng
NO Cuadernos Europeos de Deusto, enero 2022, n. 3, pp. 51-69.
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 12-feb-2026