Object's details: Dragon at the gates of Belmont: Obstacles to using Poland as a gateway for the rail component of the Belt and Road Initiative in light of geopolitical developments and shifting European Union policy towards China

Provider:Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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Title:
Dragon at the gates of Belmont: Obstacles to using Poland as a gateway for the rail component of the Belt and Road Initiative in light of geopolitical developments and shifting European Union policy towards China
Creator:
Kociubiński , Jakub;
Rae, Gavin
Description:
An important element of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) involves the construction of rail links between China and the European Union (EU). Despite the geopolitical fallout from the ongoing war in Ukraine, the route through Russia, Belarus, and onward to Poland presently constitutes the only viable overland route from China to the EU. In this context, this paper aims to answer the question of whether such actions by Member States may constitute a breach of obligations arising from membership in the European Union, and consequently whether EU law may pose an obstacle to the development of individual trade relations with China by Member States outside the institutional and legal framework of the Union. In this study, on the one hand, programme documents and EU law relevant to the issue presented were analysed, and on the other hand, the geopolitical and operational considerations of rail links between the EU and China were examined. The authors, being aware of the politicization of the subject, concluded that EU State aid law instruments could successfully be used to block infrastructure investments designed to facilitate the reception of Chinese freight traffic if such an impulse were to arise at the political level.
Object availability:
free access
Rights:
Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 WPiA UAM;
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
Date:
2025.06.30
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
peer-reviewed article;
Artykuł recenzowany
Language:
English
Source:
Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Vol. 87 No. 2 (2025); 77-100;
Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Tom 87 Nr 2 (2025); 77-100;
2543-9170;
0035-9629
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/44369/39978
Subject:
Poland;
China;
European Union;
Belt and Road;
geopolitics
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/44369
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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