INTERCONTINENTAL BRIDGE BETWEEN WESTERN CHINA AND WESTERN EUROPE: ALTERNATIVE GOODS TRANSMISSION NETWORKS OF THE EAEU, CHINA AND VIETNAM

DOI 10.32651/212-93

Issue № 2, 2021, article № 14, pages 93-99

Section: Foreign news

Language: Russian

Original language title: МЕЖКОНТИНЕНТАЛЬНЫЙ МОСТ МЕЖДУ ЗАПАДНЫМ КИТАЕМ И ЗАПАДНОЙ ЕВРОПОЙ: АЛЬТЕРНАТИВНЫЕ ТОВАРОПРОВОДЯЩИЕ СЕТИ ГОСУДАРСТВ ЕАЭС, КИТАЯ И ВЬЕТНАМА

Keywords: COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK, ETS-2010, ETS-2020, ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, EURASIAN UNION, EURASEC, EAEU, CHINA, VIETNAM, EUROPE, INTERCONTINENTAL BRIDGE

Abstract: According to experts, the importance of international transport corridors will exceed the role of centers of raw materials extraction and industrial production, and global competition for cargo delivery routes will only increase. It is likely that in the coming years, China and Europe will be connected by a high-speed railway that will pass through the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union in order to create new transport corridors between the two parts of the world on the largest continent on Earth. The new trade routes will open up great opportunities for the partner countries, but will require significant financial investments. At the same time, Beijing, which, in fact, acts as a driver of infrastructure projects in the Eurasian space, is interested in demonstrating the increased role of China in the world. The economic growth of Eurasia will be difficult without the development of a progressive transport system. Therefore, the issue of logistics of our countries is currently relevant. The growth rate of trade in transport and communication services in the world is twice as fast as the rate of trade in goods. This means that the importance of international transport corridors will exceed the role of the centers of raw materials extraction and industrial production. In the XXI century, it is the transit resource of connectivity that will determine the future role of the Eurasian countries in the world. The article considers alternatives to the unified commodity distribution network of the states of the Eurasian Economic Community (ETS-2010) and the Eurasian Union (ETS – 2020). The interaction of the EAEU with China on the interface of the EAEU ETS with China and Vietnam is compared.

Authors: Tarasov Vladimir Ivanovich, Ivoilova Irina Vladimirovna