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The European Union's Intellectual Property Protection towards China : What is the course of the EU and what are its motives?
Hakakzadeh Zanjani, Shajan Aaron (2023) The European Union's Intellectual Property Protection towards China : What is the course of the EU and what are its motives?
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| Abstract: | The growing economic giant China is becoming increasingly powerful as a geopolitical player. For this reason, the European Union (EU) is currently in an ongoing discourse on how to deal with this new, powerful China. While the two global players have an interconnected trade relationship, many issues such as Intellectual Property (IP) theft remain. Therefore, this paper asks the following question: The European Union’s intellectual property protection towards China – What is the course of the EU and what are its motives. To answer this question, three hypotheses were developed, based on three theories of international relations: constructivism, realism, and liberalism. For the analysis, official documents by the European Parliament and the European Commission were used. The results show that the EU’s trade and IP policy with China is characterized by free trade and that the policy development is a navigation between its economic interests and its identity as a protector of democratic values. More precisely, it was evident that the Commission is focused on economic interests, while the European Parliament prioritizes the democratic values of the EU. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 89 political science |
| Programme: | Management Society and Technology BSc (56654) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/96910 |
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