Poland – A Gate to the EU or a Bottleneck  in the Belt and Road Initiative

Czerewacz-Filipowicz, Katarzyna; Kostecka-Tomaszewska, Luiza

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“…([39]; [22]). However, the EAEU countries still face a number of challenges related to land transcontinental transport corridors, such as bottlenecks on the border with the EU [40]. Solving these problems could have a beneficial effect on extra-regional integration the EAEU.…”

Section: Logistics and Business Aspectsmentioning

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The Strategy of the Eurasian Economic Union Extra-Regional Integration

Konopelko

Czerewacz-Filipowicz

2021

Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics

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The main purpose of the research presented in the article is to answer the question of whether or notthe Eurasian Economic Union has strategic opportunities to initiate integration processes with third countriesand built comparative advantages. The authors identify the channels of its integration with third countries aswell as assess their effectiveness based on the relationship with Vietnam, Singapore, Iran and China. Thefollowing methods were used: a critical literature analysis, an empirical analysis of the official documents, alogical construct method, an analytical theoretical overview of the Eurasian Economic Union external strategy,as well as statistical methods. Subsequently, based on the results obtained, a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,Opportunities, Threats) analysis was carried out. The work diagnoses the main vectors of the EurasianEconomic Union strategy, analyses its institutional extra-regional integration as well as defines the scope andmain channels of the influence of business and logistics on extra-regional integration. The main achievement ofthe research presented in the article is the diagnosis and assessment of the impact channels of EurasianEconomic Union extra-regional integration. The research points out that the organisation has an effective extraregional policy towards very different Eurasian countries and uses many channels of influence.

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Section: Logistics and Business Aspectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Strategy of the Eurasian Economic Union Extra-Regional Integration

Konopelko

Czerewacz-Filipowicz

2021

Wseas Transactions on Business and Economics

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“…Until recently, China's role was reduced to the role of a supplier of intermediate goods and cheap labour force in production networks managed by international corporations from highly developed countries. Currently, however, China is using BRI to create its own GVCs covering countries lying along the Silk Routes (Kostecka-Tomaszewska and Czerewacz-Filipowicz, 2019). China has been moving up the global value chains as its economy has become more competitive than complementary to the economies of high-developed countries.…”

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China's Economic Statecraft: The Role of the Belt and Road Initiative

Kostecka-Tomaszewska¹,

Krukowska²

2021

ERSJ

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Purpose: The research aims to examine China's economic activities around the world from the broad perspective of the country's economic security. The authors begin with explaining the concept of economic statecraft and then deal with the analysis of the Chinese overseas economic expansion. Design/Methodology/Approach: The main tools used to achieve the objectives mentioned above include a literature analysis, logical reasoning and statistical research. Findings: The last decades have revealed a new pattern in global economic cooperation. The Belt and Road Initiative turned out to be a successful instrument supporting China's economic growth and deepening international economic cooperation and interdependence. The BRI project allows China not only to secure access to supplies and markets but also strengthen its soft power and gives the possibility to build a powerful network of interconnected countries, independent from the Western powers, willingly cooperating with China in every field. Practical Implications: The research results are helpful to realise the extend and importance of the Belt and Road Initiative in China's economic statecraft and indicate potential fields for future international cooperation under the BRI. As close economic cooperation under the BRI can have significant consequences for China and all countries covered by this project, all partners have to be aware of the complexity of their involvement in this initiative and the pros and cons of such interdependence. Originality/Value: The Belt and Road Initiative is a novel form of broad international cooperation. Thus it deserves special attention and research. The research concerns an economic dimension of the Belt and Road Initiative and provides a comprehensive analysis of China's worldwide economic expansion.

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“…In the case of the EU countries, the authors focus more on countries in the CEE region, e.g. Martura (2018) analysed the perceptions of the BRI initiative in Hungary and Slovakia or Kostecka-Tomaszewska & Czerewacz-Filipowicz (2019) called Poland a gate to the EU or a bottleneck in the BRI. These selected publications also confirm the claims of Baláž, Zábojník & Harvánek that the implementation of the BRI will have a significant impact on the geopolitical landscape.…”

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China's Belt & Road Initiative in the EU: perceptions, differences and influence on the example of Germany and Italy

Družbacká¹,

Kittová²

2021

21st International Joint Conference Central and Eastern Europe in the Changing Business Environment : Proceedings

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In 2013, the Chinese government announced the Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) with one of the major goals to improve connectivity across Eurasia. China has been signalling to the EU member states they are welcome to joint activities on BRI. This paper focuses on analysing China's recent initiative by explaining EU perspectives and the role of the BRI by example of Italy and Germany, i.e. two major EU economies. The results show that there are significant differences in perception of the BRI within these economies. While Italy has followed the CEE countries, which fully support BRI at both government and corporate level and record many investments, Germany has been much more sceptical, especially at the government level. Although China is making large investments in Germany, BRI has yielded no tangible investment activities there. Rather, BRI activities related to Germany have remained limited to railway operation projects connecting Germany and China.

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Poland – A Gate to the EU or a Bottleneck in the Belt and Road Initiative

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

The Strategy of the Eurasian Economic Union Extra-Regional Integration

The Strategy of the Eurasian Economic Union Extra-Regional Integration

China's Economic Statecraft: The Role of the Belt and Road Initiative

China's Belt & Road Initiative in the EU: perceptions, differences and influence on the example of Germany and Italy

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