Eu-china relations

A first step, but no real rebalancing in the European Union’s trade deal with China

Discussions this October between the EU and China resulted in negligible progress towards rebalancing trade; more powerful measures are needed

Alicia García-Herrero

The EU-China trade and investment understanding: a welcome buying of time

An EU-China agreement to ease tensions, especially on hybrid electric vehicles, could provide a template for talks on other sectors and broader issues

Ignacio García Bercero

China economic database

Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.

Alicia García-Herrero, Michal Krystyanczuk, Robin Schindowski, Théo Storella and Jianwei Xu

The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection

European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards

Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Ignacio García Bercero, Antoine Mathieu Collin, Ben McWilliams and Simone Tagliapietra

What will make Europe's automotive sector more competitive?

Antoine Mathieu Collin

State of the Union live

What are Europe’s priorities and how did Ursula Von der Leyen make the EU case?

Rebecca Christie, Elina Ribakova, Simone Tagliapietra and Jeromin Zettelmeyer

China’s Arctic Silk Road is now a reality

While China flexes its economic muscle in partnership with Russia, the United States struggles to realise its own Arctic shipping options

Alicia García-Herrero

The rollercoaster of EU-China relations is now heading decisively downhill

Alicia García-Herrero

Europe's China shock 2.0

A record surplus, a fractured response and the limits of Brussels' ambitions

Alicia García-Herrero, Philippe Le Corre and Yuyun Zhan

Framing the EU challenge to deal with 'China Shock 2.0' in clean tech

Jan Cornillie, Jos Delbeke, Pier Paolo Raimondi and Simone Tagliapietra

AI, demographics and China

How young economists see the big challenges of our times

Rebecca Christie, Maria Catarina Louro, Théo Storella and Tillman Schenk

The looming EU-China trade clash: Why the Commission must not go it alone

Alicia García-Herrero