The EUs global gateway vs the Belt and Road Initiative. What does the EUs global gateway policy mean for African agency in Sino-African relations?
Start Date
14-4-2023 4:45 PM
End Date
14-4-2023 6:00 PM
Description
On 1 December 2021 the European Union (EU) launched the global gateway. The European Commission and the EU High Representative have set out the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost the EU involvement in areas such as energy and transport sectors. The EU has open stated that the global gateway is the EU response to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Africa is the focus of the Global Gateway, using the system of Team European Initiative the early funded project is focus on area which the BRI has been leading as an external development actor in Africa. However, while there is some research which compares the BRI and the Global Gateway there is little focus on what this means for African agency in its relationship with both the EU and China. This paper will focus on how African agency in Sino-Africa relations is affected by the Global Gateway and will focus on how Africa states have reacted to the Global Gateway and see if African states have used the new EU strategy to leverage their relations with China.
Document Type
Presentation
Recommended Citation
Duggan, N. (2023, April). The EUs global gateway vs the Belt and Road Initiative. What does the EUs global gateway policy mean for African agency in Sino-African relations?. Presented at the International Symposium on Africa-China Relations in an Era of Uncertain Future. Lingnan University, Hong Kong.
The EUs global gateway vs the Belt and Road Initiative. What does the EUs global gateway policy mean for African agency in Sino-African relations?
On 1 December 2021 the European Union (EU) launched the global gateway. The European Commission and the EU High Representative have set out the Global Gateway, a new European strategy to boost the EU involvement in areas such as energy and transport sectors. The EU has open stated that the global gateway is the EU response to the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Africa is the focus of the Global Gateway, using the system of Team European Initiative the early funded project is focus on area which the BRI has been leading as an external development actor in Africa. However, while there is some research which compares the BRI and the Global Gateway there is little focus on what this means for African agency in its relationship with both the EU and China. This paper will focus on how African agency in Sino-Africa relations is affected by the Global Gateway and will focus on how Africa states have reacted to the Global Gateway and see if African states have used the new EU strategy to leverage their relations with China.