The Silk Road Trap: How China's Trade Ambitions Challenge Europe

by Jonathan Holslag

Book Overview

For almost two decades, China has claimed that its expanding economy benefits Europe, stimulating European growth, exports, and employment. But the reality is not so clear-cut. Whilst individual companies may have profited from China's economic rise, unbalanced trade with China has actually cost Europe over 1.4 trillion euros in the last ten years as well as undermining its political influence. China's monumental infrastructural project, the Belt...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509534695
• ISBN13: 9781509534692
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"