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IP/B/TRAN/IC/2017-006
Opportunities and challenges for
PE 585.907 January 2018
the European transport system
resulting from the Chinese “One
Belt, One Road” Initiative

A study commissioned by the

Committee on Transport and Tourism
 MAIN
CONCLUSIONS
• The EU should seek greater clarity on
the BRI’s future plans, and encourage
the development of studies concerning
the connection of specific TEN-T and
BRI corridors.
• EU institutions should continue to
engage with the Chinese Government
to agree possible specific contents of an
EU and China Investment Agreement.
• EU institutions should ensure the EU’s
ongoing openness to foreign direct
investments while preventing the
capture of key European intellectual
property by competitors.
• The European Parliament and the
European Council should support the
development of a legislative instrument
to guarantee reciprocity of access to
public markets in the EU and China by
European and Chinese businesses.
• The Chinese Government should be
encouraged by its EU partners to
become a participant in the OECD
Arrangement on Guidelines. It is
recommended that the E. P. seeks to
ensure that China’s participation in the
OECD framework is a key objective of
the EU’s negotiating strategy.
ABSTRACT FOCUS ON
The “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) is a • The study analyses in detail the
major policy initiative developed by Chinese Silk Route Initiative (“Belt and
China to improve connectivity between Road Initiative”- BRI) and investigates
Asia and Europe. BRI is not precisely its possible impacts and prospects for
defined nor its geographical and project the EU transport system.
scope. China’s stated objectives for the
BRI are to promote cooperation between • The emphasis is put on exploring the
participating countries in the interests of European transport system's
improving connectivity and facilitating readiness for the Initiative and on
trade, investment and the exchange of identification of potential bottlenecks
technology and expertise. BRI-related and missing links.
schemes within the EU have been
generated through bilateral engagement
between China and individual Member
States. Engagement at the EU level is now
taking place through the “Connectivity Comments on this study are welcome at:
Platform”, but work to coordinate TEN-T
poldep-cohesion@europarl.europa.eu
and BRI is at an early stage.
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