Revista de Economie Mondiala/ Journal of Global Economics

14-26

Authors: Iulia Monica Oehler-Şincai

China stands out as a rising economic power. Its leap in international hierarchies is remarkable both in terms of GDP, international trade and investment flows and qualitative indicators. Based on these developments, China is increasingly assertive, both regionally and internationally. At the global level, China's assertiveness is revealed by the largest project ever launched by a single country: One Belt, One Road (OBOR). It represents "a strategic priority" of the Chinese leaders, motivated by economic and geopolitical factors, internal and external determinants. This initiative includes cooperation with over 70 countries and international organizations from Asia to Europe and Africa. At the same time, it involves growing coordination among the countries in terms of policies, increasing financial integration, promoting trade and investment, fostering connectivity through infrastructure projects, and encouraging the movement of people and cultural exchanges. This initiative, as well as the platform for cooperation with 16 countries in Central and Eastern Europe (16+1) have opened on the one hand new ways of enhancing the bilateral EU-China, but on the other hand an unjustified competition between EU countries for financial resources Chinese, although the EU-China strategic partnership, OBOR and 16+1 can benefit all countries involved, given their competitive advantages. Romania, as a member country of the EU and participant at the platform 16+1 should take into account both such new opportunities and the need for an active cooperation with all countries.

41-55

Authors: Edith Mihaela Dobrescu

This paper has as main objective highlighting the principles underlying the Agenda 2030 of the rationale and motivations of the United Nations to implement it globally, especially bringing to the attention of the international community a new way that this can work in for a global commitment to a different future for people and planet - one that brings humanity on the path of development.

70-81

Authors: Alina Aluculesei, Alexandra Rădan

This article presents an overview of a new Agreement on Trade in Services, which is still under negotiation. Topics addressed in this paper are as follows: (a) Why is a new agreement on trade in services necessary? (B) What will be the architecture of the new agreement and how it differs from the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) of the WTO? (C) What topics are considered as possible problematic by states participating in the negotiations? The article points out that the necessity of the TiSA agreement has its roots in the failure to complete negotiations on services under the Doha Round, and adopting this plurilateral agreement would simplify business relationships among member countries and set a new global standard for trade in services.