European governmental spending for Chinese state-backed enterprises - In line with the European Union's trade rules?

Scientific Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Topic: European Union grade: 13 Berlin School of Economics and Law language: English abstract: The presented paper analyzes whether governmental spending for Chinese companies in tender processes of European countries is line with the Union's trade rules because of the political situation in the partnering country China. The paper thereby analyzes European Union's trade rules describes specific member state behavior in public tendering processes and investigates European Union trade surveillance mechanisms. Finally the paper judges about potential improvements in EU's competencies and outcomes of currently applied behavior.