Alicia García-Herrero
Alicia García Herrero is a Senior Fellow at Bruegel. She specialises in emerging markets, with a particular focus on Asia and Asia-European Union relations. Trade, finance and banking are the topics she covers most regularly.
She speaks English, Spanish, French, German and Italian. She can also converse in Chinese, Japanese and Portuguese.
She is the Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at French investment bank Natixis, a Board Member of AGEAS insurance group, a non-resident Senior Fellow at the East Asian Institute of the National University Singapore and Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She is a Member of the Council of the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and an advisor to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s research arm. Previously, she was Chief Economist for Emerging Markets at Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and Head of the International Economy Division of the Bank of Spain. Alicia has served as visiting Professor at John Hopkins University, China Europe International Business School and Carlos III University. She holds a PhD in Economics from George Washington University.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
The US and China will have a red phone for AI emergencies, while Europe is left to watch
The Gulf conflict's tale of two cities
Why China will not slow down its AI pace
China economic database
Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
China's AI governance playbook
China's approach to AI governance and what it means for US-China coordination, AI safety and Europe's role
Xi’s growing hold on Trump is bad news for Europe
China Treats AI as Comprehensive Strategy and That Makes a Big Difference
Modi meets Xi: The real Brics summit took place off the main stage
China’s artificial intelligence goals and strategic choices for Europe
China’s AI strategy pairs domestic control with global diffusion, aiming to lead innovation, standards and governance on its own terms
Apple's Android battle offers US AI companies a playbook for China
Tough choices ahead as the US pushes a global artificial-intelligence divide
Though proliferation of AI models is essentially uncontrollable, the US is trying to force a split with China, pushing allies into a no-win bind
Programmable sovereignty: coordinated specialisation as a response to the N-2 problem in artificial intelligence
Programmable sovereignty offers states beyond the US and China a way to reduce AI dependence through shared compute and governance capacity
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
The renminbi’s hardest mile is only now beginning
Europe must not simply dismiss the crisis in Ceuta
Europe should let the market judge China’s open AI models
AI: The United States and China compete for the top spot, while the EU looks on
China’s Tech Stocks Are Falling Despite Their Own Breakthroughs
India needs lasting reforms to attract foreign capital, not stopgaps
Europe watches AI from the sidelines
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Opinion piece
05 October 2026
Newsletter
05 October 2026
Opinion piece
01 October 2026
Podcast
30 September 2026
China's AI governance playbook
China's approach to AI governance and what it means for US-China coordination, AI safety and Europe's role
Dataset
30 September 2026
China economic database
Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.
Opinion piece
25 September 2026
Opinion piece
17 September 2026
Opinion piece
13 September 2026
Analysis
10 September 2026
China’s artificial intelligence goals and strategic choices for Europe
China’s AI strategy pairs domestic control with global diffusion, aiming to lead innovation, standards and governance on its own terms
Opinion piece
08 September 2026