Determinants of critical raw material imports: The case of the European Union and China

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13563-025-00528-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s13563-025-00528-4</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Determinants of critical raw material imports: The case of the European Union and China

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In 2019, the European Union (EU) launched a growth strategy called the Green Deal with the aim to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Green transformation assumes using new technologies, such as li-ion batteries, fuel cells, etc., which are dependent on industrial raw materials. As the occurrence of these mineral resources is limited in the EU, the EU must import them. The literature has focused especially on the issue of the so-called critical raw materials (CRMs). Although their definition and lists differ, they have a similar character. In the EU, the list of CRMs includes 34 high-tech minerals, and it has been confirmed by several studies that many of them are imported from China. Although the EU announced limiting its dependence on raw materials from outside countries, the EU will never be self-sufficient in raw materials. Based on this, we focus on the determinants of the growth of imports of CRMs from China. Using data from 2000-2023, besides the growth of the EU gross domestic product (GDP) and the growth of the share of industry in the EU&apos;s GDP, we find that the increase of the share of CRMs in China&apos;s total exports will have a positive impact on the growth of the EU&apos;s imports of CRMs from China. For the sake of ensuring its supply of strategic resources, we propose that the EU should sign a preferential trade and investment agreement with China.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Determinants of critical raw material imports: The case of the European Union and China

Popis výsledku anglicky

In 2019, the European Union (EU) launched a growth strategy called the Green Deal with the aim to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Green transformation assumes using new technologies, such as li-ion batteries, fuel cells, etc., which are dependent on industrial raw materials. As the occurrence of these mineral resources is limited in the EU, the EU must import them. The literature has focused especially on the issue of the so-called critical raw materials (CRMs). Although their definition and lists differ, they have a similar character. In the EU, the list of CRMs includes 34 high-tech minerals, and it has been confirmed by several studies that many of them are imported from China. Although the EU announced limiting its dependence on raw materials from outside countries, the EU will never be self-sufficient in raw materials. Based on this, we focus on the determinants of the growth of imports of CRMs from China. Using data from 2000-2023, besides the growth of the EU gross domestic product (GDP) and the growth of the share of industry in the EU&apos;s GDP, we find that the increase of the share of CRMs in China&apos;s total exports will have a positive impact on the growth of the EU&apos;s imports of CRMs from China. For the sake of ensuring its supply of strategic resources, we propose that the EU should sign a preferential trade and investment agreement with China.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Mineral Economics

ISSN

2191-2203

e-ISSN

2191-2211

Svazek periodika

neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

neuveden

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

23

Strana od-do

nestránkováno

Kód UT WoS článku

001513461000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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