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Miscellanea | Roads to Reconciliation
Capitolo | Between Economic Interests and Political Constraints

Between Economic Interests and Political Constraints

The Federal Republic of Germany and the People's Republic of China during the Early Cold War

Abstract

This article deals with the relations between the Federal Republic of Germany and the People’s Republic of China during the early Cold War decades. The traditional historiographical paradigm of the East-West confrontation assumes that any form of cooperation was impossible between the two countries. However, a shift of focus from the political sphere to the economic one reveals how pattern of conduct predating 1949, as well as purely economic reasons, brought actors from both sides to agree on a set of rules for bilateral exchange, and to improve the trade performance despite the highs and lows of the political climate and the bloc allegiance of both countries.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 03 Aprile 2017 | Accettato: 27 Maggio 2017 | Pubblicato 03 Maggio 2018 | Lingua: en

Keywords East-West TradeChinese Committee for the Promotion of InternationCOCOMChina National Import & Export CorporationPeople’s Republic of ChinaCold WarFederal Republic of GermanyOst-Ausschuss der Deutschen WirtschaftGerman businessChina National Import & Export Corporation


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