Georgiana Boboc
Georgiana Boboc
Fellow at The Romanian Institute for the Study of the Asia-Pacific (RISAP), currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in International Relations at China Foreign Affairs University, in Beijing; she holds a Bachelor's Degree in political science from the National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, in Bucharest; a Mandarin speaker, she is interested in China’s foreign policy
Japan and the European Union, Pushing Forward Free Trade

Japan and the European Union, Pushing Forward Free Trade

After concluding negotiations in December 2017, European and Japanese officials announced the world’s largest free trade agreement (FTA), which would remove almost 99% of the tariffs between the European Union (EU) and Japan. On July 17th, 2018, at the EU-Japan summit in Tokyo, the two parties signed the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), bringing it closer to implementation. The EPA has been praised by the EU trade chief Cecilia Malmstrom as “the biggest trade agreement we have ever negotiated for the European Union”. More


China Welcomes Representatives from over 100 Countries to the First Belt and Road Forum

China Welcomes Representatives from over 100 Countries to the First Belt and Road Forum

Last week in Beijing, leaders and officials from dozens of countries and international organizations participated in the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation. Here, Chinese leader Xi Jinping reinforced the need for cooperation in order to achieve mutual benefits and push forward economic development in Eurasia. The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the “project of the century”, as Xi Jinping called it, aims to develop infrastructure projects such as railways, ports, roads, linking China to Europe and all the countries along the way. This Initiative carries a great importance not only in terms of economic development, but also in terms of a new alternative economic order. China is also developing a new institutional framework for cooperation, with components such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and the Silk Road Fund, which enhance the geopolitical role. More


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