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Aiming at promoting a new bilateral legal framework for China-EU economic relations without political interference, this paper first surveys the developments of China-Europe economic relations and the relevant legal arrangements since 1949; second, it deals with political issues affecting China-EU economic relations; and third, it discusses basic legal considerations in signing China-EC economic treaties for the Chinese side. The author points out that the China-EC Economic Cooperation Agreement in 1985 has proved insufficient for practical needs and a substitutive agreement should be promoted in the new era. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Trans-border co-operation is regulated in a special way, because it includes not only States, but also parts of States, such as the subjects of federations, regions etc. These relations are regulated by international treaties (bilateral and multi-lateral), by agreements between local authorities and acts of formation specially created for this co-operation. The process of trans-border co-operation is more actively developing in Europe, where special entities—“Euroregions”—are being created, and a network of different agreements has been concluded for the regulation of this kind of co-operation. Non-sovereign participants of trans-border co-operation are not subjects of public international law and their agreements are transnational administrative agreements. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]