Blog post
04 May 2021
Chinas M&A activity rebounds with a clear focus on Europe
Despite the pandemic, Chinas interest in overseas M&A started to rebound in late 2020, with European industrial companies still of particular interes
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Policy brief
13 April 2021
Is the European Unions investment agreement with China underrated?
The European Union-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment binds Chinese liberalisation of its foreign investment regulations under an internation
Podcast
07 April 2021
The future of CAI
Untangling the politics behind the EU China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment
External publication
23 March 2021
Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China
If the three biggest economies agree a carbon tax on imports, it will catalyse climate action globally.
Event
03 February 2021
The geopolitics of the Green Deal
Join us to mark the launch of the eponymous paper co-written with the European Council on Foreign Relations.
Podcast
27 January 2021
A rushed deal or a rush to judgement?
The Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) is supposed to improve market access for European companies operating in China and to ensure a level p
Opinion piece
19 January 2021
An EU - China investment deal: a second look
For the moment, it does not look like we have the basis for greater and deeper economic relations with China. However, dismissing China and the opport
Opinion piece
04 January 2021
Europe's disappointing investment deal with China
Why rush a deal that is so inherently complex?
Blog post
17 December 2020
When and how should the European Union conclude an investment agreement with China?
A look into the potential Comprehensive Agreement on Investment between China and the European Union.
Event
10 December 2020
Towards post-pandemic green multilateralism?
How could we achieve a trilateral relationship between China, the EU and the US and consolidate it with climate goals?
Opinion piece
10 December 2020
Europe should promote a Climate Club after the US elections
Time has come for Europe, the US and possibly China to create a global Climate Club.
Blog post
27 November 2020
Europe is losing competitiveness in global value chains while China surges
The European Union owes much of its economic weight to its regional value chain and integration into the global value chain. But the EUs global value
Blog post
19 November 2020
The impact of the new Asian trade mega-deal on the European Union
Although the economic implications of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) for the EU are modest, the geopolitical and strategic imp
External publication
17 November 2020
China-EU economic relations in the era of US-China economic competition
Testimony before the European Parliament on the subject of China-EU economic relations.
Podcast
13 November 2020
The big brother is back?
With the Biden administration, there might be a difference in style, rather than a difference in trends.
Blog post
10 November 2020
Not all foreign investment is welcome in Europe
A new plan to tackle foreign subsidies would empower the European Commission to investigate foreign investments in the European Union, with Chinese in