EU-East Asia: Strategic Partnership, Trade and Economic Cooperation

Collections of documents.

Edited by: Evgeniy Kandilarov, Soyoung Kim, Svetla Karteva-Dancheva. This collection of documents is dedicated to the relations between the European Union and the East Asian region, which includes three of the EU strategic partners in East Asia: China, Japan and the Republic of Korea.

The EU's rising interest in Asia has been largely based on the economic and political importance of Asia in the post-Cold War period, as well as the impact that it has had on Europe's own international relations.

The whole Indo-Pacific region is rapidly evolving and is becoming the centre of gravity in terms of trade, economic interaction, demographics and security challenges. It is part of the world's largest and most populous continent. That's why it is of great political, economic and geostrategic importance to the EU.

The EU is a strong economic player in East Asia and is working to foster fair trade, multilateralism, institution building, democracy, good governance and human rights.

This documentary volume will help to better understand and study the relations between the EU and the countries of East Asia, which are undoubtedly of great importance for the development of contemporary global politics and economy in the dynamically changing international relations and world order in the XXI century.

Why East Asia Matters to The European Union?
EU-East Asia Strategic Documents

• Joint Communication to The European Parliament and The Council - The EU Strategy for Cooperation in The Indo-Pacific
• Joint Communication to The European Parliament, The Council, The European Economic and Social Committee, The Committee of The Regions and The European Investment Bank

EU-Republic of Korea

• EU-Republic of Korea relations
• Framework agreement for Trade and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, on the one hand, and the Republic of Korea, on the other hand
• Agreement on the Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the Republic of Korea
• Framework Agreement between The European Union and Its Member States, on the one part, and The Republic of Korea, on the other part
• Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Korea, of the other part
• Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Korea establishing a framework for the participation of the Republic of Korea in European Union crisis management operations

EU-Japan

• EU-Japan relations
• Joint Declaration on Relations between the European Community and its Member States and Japan
• An Action Plan for EU-Japan Cooperation. European Union - Japan Summit
• Agreement on mutual recognition between the European Community and Japan
• Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Japan on cooperation in science and technology
• EU-Japan EPA - The Agreement in Principle
• Key elements of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
• Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Japan, of the other part
• The Partnership on Sustainable Connectivity and Quality Infrastructure between The European Union and Japan

EU-China

• EU-China relations
• Agreement on Trade and Economic Cooperation between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China - 1985
• Agreement for scientific and technological cooperation between the European Community and the Government of the People's Republic of China
• A maturing partnership – shared interests and challenges in EU-China relations
• EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation
• EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. The Agreement in Principle
• Key elements of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
• A new EU-China strategy European Parliament resolution of 16 September 2021 on a new EU-China strategy (2021/2037(INI)