China [What Think Tanks are thinking]

China is a major strategic partner for the European Union, despite divergences on human rights issues, as well as on some economic and foreign policies. At their 20th EU-China summit in July 2018, the two sides agreed to further develop their partnership and to seek to avoid global trade wars, which many analysts fear could be triggered by US President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies. They agreed, in principle, to support reform of the World Trade Organisation, which had been snubbed by President Trump. However, China’s increasingly close military ties with Russia cause concern in the EU.

Trade, security and connectivity would be important topics of the 12th ASEM (EU-Asia) summit in October 2018, which would gather heads of state or government of 51 European and Asian countries.

This note offered links to recent commentaries, studies and reports from major international think tanks on China, its ties with the EU and related issues. More studies on the topics can be found in a previous edition of 'What Think Tanks are thinking', published in March 2018.

More studies on the topics can be found in a previous edition of 'What Think Tanks are thinking' published in June, 2017.