date:Apr 28, 2014
tic region. Icelands prime minister was the first to be received by Chinas premier Li Keqiang on taking office last year. This honor for a tiny island state and the subsequent signing of an FTA both came before Chinas entry as a permanent observer member of the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental body of states seeking to set rules on Arctic governance.
Competition for fisheries resources looks set to increase in the context of global competition for Arctic access. Iceland is possibly position