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Written by Marcin Grajewski.
Formally, the EU and China have been strategic partners since 2003 – a partnership that was broadened five years ago by the EU-China 2020 Strategic Agenda for Cooperation. However, more recently, EU officials and politicians have been expressing increasing concerns over China’s economic expansionism and human rights violations. The current coronavirus pandemic and developments in Hong Kong have had a marked negative impacted on EU-China relations.
This note offers links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from major international think tanks on China, its ties with the EU and related issues. The previous issue on the subject was published in October 2020.
Xi Jinping thought on the rule of law: New substance in the conflict of systems with China
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, April 2021
New trade agreements in Asia: Liberalisation in times of geopolitical rivalry
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, April 2021
Home advantage: How China’s protected market threatens Europe’s economic power
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2021
Multilateralism after covid-19
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2021
Chinese sanctions: How to confront coercion and avoid a squeeze on Europe
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2021
The new China shock
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2021
Decade of patience: How China became a power in the Western Balkans
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021
Après le Brexit, appliquer la ‘méthode Barnier‘ avec la Chine
Institut Jacques Delors, February 2021
Reshaping trade ties with China in the aftermath of Covid-19
Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche, February 2021
The United States, China, and Taiwan: A Strategy to prevent war
Council on Foreign Relations, February 2021
China’s digital silk road: Integration into national IT infrastructure and wider implications for Western defence industries
International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 2021
China’s grand industrial strategy and what it means for Europe
European Policy Centre, April 2021
EU crash course in geopolitics: Lessons from the foreign policy ‘battlefield’
European Policy Centre, March 2021
Chips on our shoulder: Is Europe neglecting design in its semiconductor strategy?
European Policy Centre, March 2021
Vaccine diplomacy: Soft power lessons from China and Russia?
Bruegel, April 2021
China has a grand carbon neutrality target but where is the plan?
Bruegel, April 2021
Is the European Union’s investment agreement with China underrated?
Bruegel, April 2021
The EU-China investment deal may be anachronic in a bifurcating world
Bruegel, April 2021
Form a climate club: United States, European Union and China
Bruegel, March 2021
China’s state-owned enterprises and competitive neutrality
Bruegel, February 2021
China and the WTO: Why multilateralism still matters
Bruegel, January 2021
An EU-China investment deal: A second look
Bruegel, January 2021
Europe’s disappointing investment deal with China
Bruegel, January 2021
Northern expedition: China’s Arctic activities and ambitions
Brookings Institution, April 2021
Jack Ma Taunted China: Then came his fall
Brookings Institution, April 2021
An asymmetric defense of Taiwan
Brookings Institution, April 2021
How China’s savings could help save the planet
Brookings Institution, April 2021
What does Biden’s first 100 days tell us about his approach to China?
Brookings Institution, April 2021
US-China phase one tracker: China’s purchases of US goods
Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2021
China in the WTO
Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2021
China’s pursuit of leadership in digital currency
Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2021
US economic sanctions against human atrocities in China and Myanmar
Peterson Institute for International Economics, April 2021
US-China trade war tariffs: An up-to-date chart
Peterson Institute for International Economics, March 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative should be on the World Bank and IMF’s agenda
Council on Foreign Relations, April 2021
The climate challenge and China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Council on Foreign Relations, March 2021
China’s Huawei is winning the 5G race: Here’s what the United States should do to respond
Council on Foreign Relations, March 2021
China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Italy: An analysis of financial cooperation
Istituto Affari Internazionali, April 2021
Technological competition: Can the EU compete with China?
Istituto Affari Internazionali, April 2021
Broadening the Transatlantic partnership to address the China challenge
Istituto Affari Internazionali, December 2020
The EU-China comprehensive agreement on investment
Centre for European Policy Studies, May 2021
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