MapInfluenCE analyst Alicja Bachulska commented on the EU’s recent Comprehensive Agreement on Investment with China and the 17+1 meeting between China and CEE nations for Radio France International.
“There was a big mismatch between the expectations of the region and what China was actually offering,” says Bachulska. “China did not really understand that the 17 countries are very different,” disregarding cultural and economic differences between the western Balkans, which are not part of the EU, the Baltic states, the Visegrad Group members. “China was not delivering.”
For more of her comments on the rushed nature of the CAI and issues it presents for common EU China policy, click here.
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