Opinion piece
06 April 2021
The EU-China investment deal may be anachronic in a bifurcating world
Ultimately, only time will tell if this landmark trade agreement will be productive and counter the potential bifurcation of international value chain
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Opinion piece
10 March 2021
Anchoring expectations as Two Sessions’ main objective
Interestingly, the growth target for 2021 is pretty humble: over 6 percent for 2021, while most forecasts hover between 7 and 10 percent.
Policy brief
23 February 2021
China’s state-owned enterprises and competitive neutrality
The concept of competitive neutrality can be used to assess how far a market is from being a competitive environment.
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?
Policy brief
21 December 2020
Deglobalisation in the context of United States-China decoupling
After decades of increasing globalisation, there now seems to be a slowing, or even a turn to deglobalisation, meaning decelerating trade and investme
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.
Opinion piece
08 December 2020
A silver lining for ageing Asia
An ageing population is generally bad news for growth prospects, but Japan and Taiwan offer important lessons.
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 EU’s global value
Opinion piece
27 November 2020
Grading the big pandemic test
COVID-19 almost one year on, it is time to assess who passed the test, and who failed.
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
Opinion piece
17 November 2020
RCEP might not stop reshuffling of Asian value chains
China is no doubt bound to benefit, but other members of the regional trade pact may benefit even more
Opinion piece
03 November 2020
Fifth Plenum maps China’s response to a more hostile world
'The Communist Party has acknowledged that the outside world now is more of a risk than an opportunity.'
Opinion piece
30 October 2020
China's yuan nowhere near cracking US dollar hegemony
For all Beijing's ambitions of cracking the hegemony of the US dollar in the face of Trump administration sanctions, the yuan still has a long way to
Opinion piece
29 October 2020
Globalisation needs rebuilding, not just repair
An attempt merely to restore the pre-Trump status quo would fail to address major challenges; the task ahead is one of rebuilding, rather than repair.
Opinion piece
28 October 2020
Politics, not economics, demands a strengthened international role for the euro
Not just the EU but also other countries, particularly China, need a defence against weaponisation of the dollar.