课前热身Warm-up
David Cameron is aiming to create a “partnership for growth and reform” as he leads the largest ever British business mission of its kind to China. Despite growing unease within the prime minister’s own Conservative party about the UK’s EU membership, he says deeper economic ties are a priority. “I believe it’s time now also to look at a proper free trade agreement between the European Union and China,” said Cameron.
“The free trade agreements that we have pioneered and signed have been a huge success, win-win situations as you would say, and we believe there’s an extraordinary opportunity for a win-win situation between the European Union and China,” he added. But Cameron’s push for an EU-China trade deal is likely to irritate the European Commission, which is strongly opposed to such a move on the grounds that it risks further flooding the bloc with cheap Chinese imports.
“The free trade agreements that we have pioneered and signed have been a huge success, win-win situations as you would say, and we believe there’s an extraordinary opportunity for a win-win situation between the European Union and China,” he added. But Cameron’s push for an EU-China trade deal is likely to irritate the European Commission, which is strongly opposed to such a move on the grounds that it risks further flooding the bloc with cheap Chinese imports.
Learning Objectives 学习目标
1. To know that Britain’s imperial history and its geopolitical traits greatly influence its contemporary foreign policy;
2. To know the dominant role of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet in foreign policy making;
3. To know about key governmental departments or ministries which get involved in the process of foreign policy making;
4. To know that UK’s foreign policy nowadays is largely shaped by its participation in a number of important international institutions;
5. To know about the special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom;
6. To know the significance of the NATO to the defense of the United Kingdom
Focal Points 知识点
