Italy-China Trade Relations

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 1-7

3. China: Politics, History and Economy

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 9-17

4. China and the Great Divergence

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 19-33

5. Italy in China: 1861–1919

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 35-51

6. Trade and Commerce

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 53-71

7. Italy in China in the Inter-war Years

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 73-96

8. Evolution of Commercial Relationships

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 97-110

9. Final Remarks

   • Donatella Strangio

   Pages 111-115

10. Back Matter

    Pages 117-139

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This book examines the political connections and trade relations between Italy and China, with particular emphasis on the second half of the 19th century and the period following the Second World War. In recent years, economic relations between the two countries have intensified as a result of increasing exchange and trade agreements, with positive impacts on their political and diplomatic relations. By studying original public sources such as the Archives of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Bank of Italy and the Central State Archives in Rome, the author offers a historical perspective on the evolution of the two countries’ economic and political ties. The respective chapters address e.g. the role of international governmental authorities, the role of the Italian Bank of China, the impact of trade agreements and foreign investment projects, etc. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of economic history and international economics, as well as politicalscientists and legal scholars with an interest in international diplomacy and trade agreements.

• trade relations between Italy and China
• international trade agreements
• World Trade Organization
• Sino-Italian treaties
• commercial relationships between Italy and China
• The Italian Bank of China
• diplomatic relations between Italy and China
• foreign investment projects in China

• Department Memotef, Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

  Donatella Strangio

Donatella Strangio is a full professor of Economic History at the Faculty of Economics and affiliated with the Department of Methods and Models for Economics, Land and Finance - Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She has a P.h.D. in Economic History. She is the author of numerous books and articles on national and international journals. She is Director of Master’s program in Business Management – Sapienza University of Rome. Her more quoted works are on the famine in pre-industrial age, International and Italian Migration, Public Finance, Institutions and long run economic growth, and the history of tourism. She was a Research Fellow at the London School of Economics and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme in Paris, and research visiting in CVCE (Luxembourg), UBA Facultad de Ciencias Económicas (Buenos Aires), Columbia University (NYC-USA).

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