本文从贸易量、贸易比重、产品结构以及贸易平衡等角度比较中欧、欧美的贸易关系，并对中欧、欧美在相互投资领域的差异进行比较，认为中欧贸易和投资关系需要从跨大西洋的视角来进行考量，才能得到更深刻的理解。进一步深化中欧贸易关系已经不能仅仅满足于增加对欧出口，不能仅仅将目标确定为做欧盟的第一大贸易伙伴，而是需要从更深的层次上夯实中欧贸易关系的基石，也就是加大双向的投资。
This chapter makes a comparison between China-EU and US-EU trade relations with a focus on trade volume，trade weight，trade structure and trade balance，and analyzes the differences between China-EU and US-EU bilateral investment.The author suggest that we may have a better and more thorough understanding of China-EU trade relations with a transatlantic perspective.To enhance the China-EU trade relationship cannot rely only on increasing China’s export to the EU，the aim of which is not only for China to become the EU’s biggest trade partner，but to enhance the basis of China-EU trade relationship with a focus on further investment.
