China’s Trade Policy Towards Central and Eastern Europe in the 21St Century, Example of Poland

• Authors: Bogusława Drelich-Skulska , Sebastian Bobowski , Anna H. Jankowiak , Przemysław Skulski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to present China’s economic model and discuss, in this context, bilateral trade and investment relations between China and Poland. The analysis presented herein is based on the strategy of cooperation with countries of Central and Eastern Europe, as presented by China’s Prime Minister, and on the growing importance of Poland as a main partner of China in the Central and Eastern Europe region. The paper describes main premises of the Chinese economic model, followed by a diagnosis of Chinese economy. The authors analyze the main directions of China’s foreign cooperation, placing the emphasis on relations with Poland.

Keywords

EN

China’s economic model; bilateral trade; investment relations; Central and Eastern Europe; Poland

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 149-174

Dates

published

2014-06-01

received

2013-12-12

accepted

2014-07-08

online

2014-12-11

Contributors

author

Bogusława Drelich-Skulska

• Wroclaw University of Economics Faculty of Economic Sciences International Economic Relations Department Komandorska 118/120, Wrocław, Poland

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Sebastian Bobowski

• Wroclaw University of Economics Faculty of Economic Sciences International Economic Relations Department Komandorska 118/120, Wrocław, Poland

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Anna H. Jankowiak

• Wroclaw University of Economics Faculty of Economic Sciences International Economic Relations Department Komandorska 118/120, Wrocław, Poland

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Przemysław Skulski

• Wroclaw University of Economics Faculty of Economic Sciences International Economic Relations Department Komandorska 118/120, Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/foli-2014-0111