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China will continue its successful strategy “Made in China 2025”

Andreas Mischer

Comment

Aug 25, 2025

Chinese citizens look at home appliances. The Chinese government introduced trade-in programs on costlier household purchases like washing machines and fridges to lift consumption in Q2 2025.

Solid GDP growth in Q2 masks China’s challenges

Alexander Brown

Andreas Mischer

Economic Indicators

Jul 23, 2025

Employees inspect wind turbine blades at a workshop of Shanghai Aeolon Wind Energy Technologies Development (Group) Co Ltd. on May 13, 2020 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China.

The EU sees early successes in using foreign subsidy regulation against Chinese companies

Andreas Mischer

Comment

Jun 11, 2025

Chinese FDI in Europe rebounds, with Armand Meyer and Andreas Mischer

Podcast

Jun 10, 2025

China in 25: AI chips, national security and Chinese investments in Europe

Podcast

May 23, 2025

Chinese investment rebounds despite growing frictions - Chinese FDI in Europe: 2024 Update

Agatha Kratz

Max J. Zenglein

Andreas Mischer

Gregor Sebastian

Armand Meyer

Report

May 21, 2025

China’s overcapacities, with Max J. Zenglein and Jacob Gunter

Podcast

May 02, 2025

A billboard advertising U.S. beef at a supermarket in Beijing

China's economy improves as it braces for external shock

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Economic Indicators

Apr 25, 2025

The China-US trade war and implications for the EU, with Jacob Gunter

Podcast

Apr 24, 2025

US tariffs and the consequences for China (ZDFheute)

Max J. Zenglein

External publication

Apr 10, 2025

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Mikko Huotari

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China’s foreign policy; China-Europe relations; global (economic) governance and competition

Jacob Gunter

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China's political economy; Industrial policy; Innovation

Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst

Industrial policy; foreign economic policy

Andreas Mischer

Analyst

Foreign investment; industrial policy and Chinese automotive industry

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Trade and Investment

Research and Insights

China will continue its successful strategy “Made in China 2025”

Solid GDP growth in Q2 masks China’s challenges

The EU sees early successes in using foreign subsidy regulation against Chinese companies

Chinese FDI in Europe rebounds, with Armand Meyer and Andreas Mischer

China in 25: AI chips, national security and Chinese investments in Europe

Chinese investment rebounds despite growing frictions - Chinese FDI in Europe: 2024 Update

China’s overcapacities, with Max J. Zenglein and Jacob Gunter

China's economy improves as it braces for external shock

The China-US trade war and implications for the EU, with Jacob Gunter

US tariffs and the consequences for China (ZDFheute)

Experts on Trade and Investment

Mikko Huotari

Jacob Gunter

Alexander Brown

Andreas Mischer

Events

MERICS Members Event: China's Economic Resurgence: Navigating the Path to Recovery and Growth

MERICS Members Event: Light at the tunnel after weak Q4

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