China's Belt & Road Initiative and EU-China Relations

This new B & R strategy is the most ambitious in China's era of reform. The successful implementation of this grand strategy requires financial, institutional, and policy support, not only from China, but also from all the countries along the route. This paper will, first, look at the strategy itself, analyzing the opportunities and challenges it will meet. It will then explore its potential impact on EU-China relations. While the strategy is aimed at a mutually beneficial relationship between China and the other counties involved, its implementation must take the interests and concerns of those other countries into serious consideration.