The Belt and Road initiative, recently embarked on by China, aims to improve cross-border infrastructure in order to … reduce transportation costs across a massive geographical area between China and Europe. The authors estimate how much trade … true for eastern Europe and Central Asia and, to a lesser extent, south-east Asia. In contrast, if China were to seek to …

China has virtually dominated the trade scene in nearly all manufacturing sectors, this study also looks at the tripartite … dynamics of trade in pharmaceutical items among India, Pakistan and China. An analysis of the China-Pakistan and the South Asia … Free Trade Area Agreements reveals that while Pakistan does not give any favourable treatment to China in items on Pakistan …

Drawing on global media reports, we conduct a sentiment analysis of the image of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI … positive, even if slightly less so than in the past. This is notwithstanding increases in debt levels with China, much of which … sentiment towards China's landmark project, as well as a much worse image of the initiative in countries which, until today, are …

With the trade conflict between the United States and China bringing China-US strategic competition into the open, the …-led trade war against China and its immediate consequences for China, the US and the EU. Although protectionism can never be … growth enhancing, European companies could see gains if the trade confrontation between China and the US ends up reducing …

competitiveness in the region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the patterns of U.S. trade relationships with China and India … pattern of trade in services as well as the more traditional focus on goods trade. -- China ; India ; United States ; trade …