Sinic Trade Agreements

In the past decade, the European Union and the United States have pushed aggressively for the development of bilateral and regional trade agreements. What are the strengths and weaknesses of these agreements? Are China\u27s bilateral and regional trade agreements different from these agreements? What are China\u27s goals and negotiation strategies? What will happen if China\u27s bilateral approach clashes with that of the European Union or the United States? This Article begins by examining China\u27s growing engagement with the less developed world, in particular Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia. It analyzes the goals, strengths and weaknesses of EU economic partnership agreements and U.S. free trade agreements. It also examines the goals of China\u27s bilateral and plurilateral trade agreements. The article then explores how China\u27s negotiation strategies differ from their EU and U.S. counterparts. It concludes by highlighting three future battles that the accelerated development of China\u27s agreements may precipitate