China and Norway strained relations

Because of a disagreement over the awarding of a Nobel peace prize to a Norwegian, relations between China and Norway have beenstrained. China is a largercountry, so they often have an advantage over smaller countries such as Norwaywhen it comes to trade and foreign relations. China has responded to the Nobelpeace prize by punishing Norway by limiting Norwegian salmon imports. Now, as China is interested in naturalresources and shorter trade routes involving Norway, Norway may possibly have an opportunity to call strike back at China. This article was interesting to me because it seems thatChina and Norway’s relationships were immature originally, and it is interesting to see how it would have been beneficial for both countries to cooperatewith each other.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-09/asia-s-newest-stock-market-is-risk-to-investors-sam-rainsy-says.html

Kimberly Young