Inside the European policy debate on China
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Hybrid Peace?
The EU and China have reached a deal to curb Chinese exports of hybrid vehicles. It is a small win for Brussels. But the hard work of rebalancing bilateral trade has only just begun.
The European Commission and China’s Ministry of Commerce...
Watching China in Europe - October 2026
Merz and Macron want the EU to develop a powerful trade tool to deter China. A joint paper due in the coming week points to a new Franco-German consensus and a willingness to think outside the WTO box
Germany and France are finalizing a jo...
Anatomy of a Fall
Hendrik Wüst is favored to replace Merz if he steps aside (picture alliance/dpa/Rolf Vennenbernd)
This post is adapted from a Rhodium Group note
More than a week after an election in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt produced a po...
Watching China in Europe - September 2026
The EU would prefer to avoid a trade war with China. But it may have no choice. As talks with Beijing continue, Brussels is readying new trade cases covering cars, chemicals and machine tools.
Buckle up folks. The coming months could be th...
Watching China in Europe - August 2026
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If one were to reduce the past decade of European policy towards China to a single sentence, it might look something like this: Years of steadily rising concern about China’s authoritarian turn, manufactu...
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Writer, analyst, adviser, speaker. I follow Europe’s relationship with China for Rhodium Group
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