Written by Marcin Grajewski

At their 17th summit in Brussels on 29 June, China and the European Union agreed to strengthen relations by seeking to boost mutual investment and increasing efforts to reach a global climate deal later this year. On his first visit to the EU institutions, Premier Li Keqiang also promised that China would contribute to the EU’s new infrastructure fund.
The EU and China are major trading partners, but their relations have been complicated by China’s track-record on human rights as well as issues related to competition and currency policies.
This note offers links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from major international think tanks on the relations between China and the EU.
Commentaries
China’s outward foreign direct investment
Bruegel, 29 June 2015
EU-China connectivity: Thinking big, starting small
Friends of Europe, 26 June 2015
EU-China summit: What happens when the U.S. isn’t watching
Brookings Institution, 26 June 2015
The EU needs a nimbler but focused policy towards China
Chatham House, 23 June 2015
Chinas neue Militärstrategie
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, 3 June 2015
Don’t mention Beijing: The EU and Asia’s maritime security
Centre for European Reform (CER), 27 May 2015
To join or not to join: The AIIB and the EU’s dilemma
Egmont, 8 April 2015
The Chinese foray into global governance
Brookings Institution, 1 April 2015
China divides the West
Institut für Strategie- Politik- Sicherheits- und Wirtschaftsberatung, March 2015
The simple arithmetic of China’s growth slowdown
Brookings Institution, 18 February 2015
Chinese foreign policy: What to expect in 2015
Chatham House, 13 January 2015
EU-China relations: Rhetoric v. (a very different) reality
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), 28 January 2015
EU should tango with Taiwanese tiger and Chinese dragon
Clingendael, 12 January 2015
Three good reasons to be bullish on China in 2015
Bruegel, 9 January 2015
China seeking to cash in on Europe’s crises
Bruegel, 16 October 2014
Analyses
Enhancing engagement between China and the EU on resource governance and low-carbon development
Chatham House, 23 June 2015
EU-China: Shaping a shared future
Friends of Europe, 11 June 2015
Smart cities cooperation between the EU and China
European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), June 2015
Countering terrorism: An area for EU-China cooperation?
European Union Institute for Security Studies (ISS), 29 May 2015
Turning China’s money reserves into capital
European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE), May 2015
The EU and China in the WTO: What contribution to the international rule of law?
Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies, May 2015
Who Drives Climate-relevant Policy Implementation in China?
Institute of Development Studies (IDS), May 2015
What are the prospects for the new Chinese-led Silk Road and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank?
Real Instituto Elcano, 17 April 2015
China on Central-Eastern Europe: ’16+1′ as seen from Beijing
Centre for Eastern Studies, 15 April 2015
Explaining China’s foreign policy reset
European Council on Foreign Relations, 2 April 2015
The European Union’s China policy: Priorities and strategies for the new Commission
European Centre for International Political Economy, April 2015
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB): China’s new multilateralism and the erosion of the West
Egmont, April 2015
China, Europe and the maritime silk road
Clingendael, 26 March, 2015
China’s financial footprint in Europe
International Relations and Security Network, 13 March 2015
The European interest in an investment treaty with China
European Council on Foreign Relations, 19 February, 2015
Chinese investment in the EU: A challenge to Europe’s economic security
German Marshall Fund of the United States, 16 January, 2015
Keeping EU-Asia reengagement on track
Carnegie Europe, January 2015
Europe’s rare earth dependence on China: Future perspectives
European Institute for Asian Studies, December 2014
China and the Emergence of a Multipolar Currency Regime
Madariaga, October 2014
The China-EU strategic partnership on development: Unfulfilled potential
Fride, 9 September 2014
A presence farther east: Can Europe play a strategic role in the Asia-Pacific region?
Centre for European Reform, 24 July, 2014
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