%0 Journal Article
%T A Dragon and a Dove? A Comparative Overview of Chinese and European Trade Relations with Sub-Saharan Africa
%A Bert Jacobs
%J Journal of Current Chinese Affairs
%D 2011
%I German Institute of Global and Area Studies, (GIGA)
%X As China¡¯s footprint in African trade grows larger by the day, the need to contextualize this rise through comparative analysis becomes ever more necessary. This paper contrasts the sub-Saharan trade relations of both China and Europe with their respective designated stereotypes: those of a dragon and a dove. The article compares the trade dynamics on four levels: the policies and institutional mechanisms that shape the relationship; the composition of the trade flows; the geographic distribution of trade dominance; and the influence of norms and values on the trade pattern. It concludes that although there are empirical grounds behind these stereotypes, Chinese and European trade relations with sub-Saharan Africa are becoming more similar, partly due to a more hawkish European stance.
%K Social science
%K economics
%K China
%K Africa
%K EU
%K international trade
%K 300
%K 330
%K China
%K Africa
%K Contemporary
%U http://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/giga/jcca/article/view/479