Comillas Journal of International Relations (Nov 2019)

Relations between Spain and China: A New Era?

  • Xulio Ríos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14422/cir.i16.y2019.008
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 16
pp. 102 – 117

Abstract

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An Comprehensive Strategic Alliance today defines the general framework of Spain-China relations. In the European Union, Spain is one of the closest countries to China. The high political harmony has not served much to deepen economic and trade exchanges, although they have improved in recent years despite the persistence of a chronic deficit. The mutual ignorance is disappear at the same time that the educational and cultural relations are strengthened. With the One Belt One Road, Spain and China have the opportunity to start a new era in their bilateral relationship.

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