ABSTRACT
European Union (EU)–China relations have been highlighted by two issues: China’s admission into the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and human rights – the former in a multilateral forum and the latter in a bilateral political dialogue. However, EU–China relations are more than these. We also have to consider the various forms and fields of cooperation and trade governed by the bilateral 1985 European Economic Communities (EEC)-China Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement. 1 In addition we have to consider the bilateral political dialogue. In the most general terms, the EU’s relations with China could be described as pushing it towards a market economy, opening it up further to the world, especially to EU investors and traders.
