Shifts in China's foreign policy: a closer look at its role in the United Nations

Exploring China's growing influence and its changing role within the United Nations

Time and location: 12 November 2024 14:30-16:30 Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 4th floor, 1210 Brussels
Format: Public, Hybrid, On the record, Livestreamed
Contact: Matilda Sevón
Partners: China Horizons

Speakers

Marine Bouyssou

Policy Officer - China Team, European External Action Service

Moritz Rudolf

Research Scholar & Fellow (on leave), Yale Law School

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Check-in & Coffee

14:00-14:30

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Opening remarks

14:30-14:40

Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director

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China’s role in the UN: Narrative versus reality

14:40-15:00

Alicia García-Herrero, Bruegel Senior fellow
Théo Storella, Bruegel Research assistant

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China’s evolving role as standard setter: Zooming into UN standards

15:00-15:30

Marine Bouyssou, Policy Officer - China Team, European External Action Service
Ana Palacio, Affiliate, Georgetown University
Moritz Rudolf, Research Scholar & Fellow (on leave), Yale Law School
Pauline Weil, Former research analyst, Bruegel

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Q&A

15:30-16:20

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Concluding remarks

16:20-16:30

Jean-Francois Di Meglio, President, Asia Centre in Paris

China’s foreign policy has been evolving rapidly in the last decade from a focus on the Belt and Road Initiative to a much wider scope with three global initiatives focusing on development but also civilizational and security aspects. This wider scope is having an increasing impact in the functioning of the United Nations with relevant consequences for the European Union.

Project: China Horizons
Theme: Global economy and trade
Keyword: EU-China relations global governance security trade policy
Country: China
Organisation: China Horizons
Language: English