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"China in 25": The US-China trade war and China in the next German government's coalition agreement

Podcast

Apr 11, 2025

"China in 25": Tariffs and transatlantic challenges

Podcast

Feb 19, 2025

US-China trade war + Energy sector + Tech regulations

MERICS China Essentials

Feb 13, 2025

The page for the smartphone app DeepSeek is seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025.

DeepSeek + US China policy under Trump + Real estate

MERICS China Essentials

Jan 30, 2025

China and Trump's election victory, with Jude Blanchette and Katja Drinhausen

Podcast

Nov 22, 2024

Toward a transatlantic deal on China (Carnegie Europe)

Abigaël Vasselier

External publication

Nov 14, 2024

MERICS Media Briefing: Implications of Trump presendency for US and European China policy

Video

Nov 07, 2024

US citizens cast their votes during early voting for the Presidential General Election at polling station in Chicago, Illinois on November 3, 2024 ahead of the November 5th general election.

Chinese scholars highlight prolonged US-China competition

Alexander Davey

Comment

Nov 04, 2024

A man watches a TV screen showing a news report of the Chinese live-fire military exercises near Taiwan, at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 22, 2024.

What a Trump re-election would mean for Taiwan

Claus Soong

Comment

Nov 01, 2024

What’s next in US export controls targeting China, with Kevin Wolf and Rebecca Arcesati

Podcast

Oct 18, 2024

US-China AI competition + Deng Xiaoping's 120th birthday + South China Sea

MERICS China Essentials

Aug 29, 2024

The flags of China and the USA are being displayed on a smartphone, with an NVIDIA chip visible in the background.

Tech “choke-points” – the long-term side-effects for China and the US

Antonia Hmaidi

Wendy Chang

Comment

Feb 01, 2024

Xi and Biden’s APEC meet-up: Domestic win-win, geopolitical stalemate

MERICS China Essentials

Nov 23, 2023

The MIT China Strategy, with Michael Laha and Taylor Fravel

Podcast

Jun 02, 2023

Industry, allies and partners face tough choices as US-China tech war escalates

Rebecca Arcesati

Antonia Hmaidi

Comment

Oct 20, 2022

Global views on China, with Helena Legarda and Jacob Gunter

Podcast

Sep 02, 2022

Brigade under the Eastern Theater Command_Fujian province_Aug22

The next Hong Kong: Beijing’s vision for Taiwan

Helena Legarda

Antonia Hmaidi

Jacob Gunter

Nis Grünberg

China Security and Risk Tracker

Aug 31, 2022

Beyond blocs: global views on China and US-China relations

Jacob Gunter

Helena Legarda

Anu Anwar

Pamela Aróstica Fernández

Evi Fitriani

Oyuna Baldakova

Oscar M. Otele

Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi

Naser Al-Tamimi

Kadir Temiz

Report

Aug 18, 2022

A TV news shows a map marking the areas where China is conducting live fire exercises near Taiwan, at a beauty salon in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday, Aug 4, 2022

Taiwan tensions

MERICS China Essentials

Aug 11, 2022

Workers from China Railway No.2 Engineering Group (CREC-2) weld the first seamless rails for the China-Laos railway in the northern suburb of Vientiane, Laos, on June 18, 2020

Growing US-China rivalry in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia: Implications for the EU

Matt Ferchen

Report

Mar 24, 2022

A woman on her electric-powered scooter films a large video screen outside a shopping mall showing Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking during an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of China's Communist Party at Tiananmen Square in Beijing

Bottom-up public discourse in a top-down system

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Feb 17, 2022

China's nuclear fusion device 'HL-2M' tokamak, nicknamed the 'Artificial Sun'

China's slow path towards science and technology leadership

Kai von Carnap

Comment

Feb 02, 2022

Cop26 - Glasgow. US President Joe Biden greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

EU-China Opinion Pool: Transatlantic cooperation on China

Comment

Jan 28, 2022

“Westernized” patriots defend China’s model

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jan 26, 2022

US President Joe Biden at EU -USA Summit in Brussels, Belgium on June 15, 2021.

Strategic rivalry with China and Biden’s transatlantic promise

Michael Laha

Comment

Jan 20, 2022

Aerial view of the fishermen working at a fishing area where photovoltaic power panels are used to generate power in Wuzhou city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

Green-tech rivalry will complicate US-China climate cooperation

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Jan 19, 2022

A Long March-2F Y12 rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-12 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan in northwestern China, Thursday, June 17, 2021

Winning the tech war with Chinese characteristics

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jan 13, 2022

Group of Chinese flags standing next to lectern in the conference hall. 3D illustration.

China’s defense against the war of words

Comment

Jan 05, 2022

Blurred USA, China and EU flags together on black background

Europe and the US: From divergence to convergence on China?

Plamen Tonchev

Comment

Dec 06, 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden, Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi, France's President Emmanuel Macron, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Mind the Gap: Priorities for Transatlantic China Policy

Bernhard Bartsch

Mikko Huotari

Jan Weidenfeld

Report

Jul 14, 2021

Ursula von der Leyen, Joe Biden, Charles Michel

EU-US Trade and Technology Council will be a litmus test for transatlantic coordination on China

Rebecca Arcesati

Grzegorz Stec

MERICS Europe China 360°

Jun 30, 2021

China fights back against Western sanctions and blacklists

MERICS China Essentials

Jun 11, 2021

China's toolkit against sanctions + Shaping global narratives + Three-child policy

MERICS China Essentials

Jun 10, 2021

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US-China finance relations: quietly flows the Dollar

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 11, 2021

The EU, China and America: Hanging in, by their teeth and nails

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Apr 13, 2021

Beijing’s foreign policy priorities

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Apr 12, 2021

Likeminded coordination boosted, with Chinese pushback

MERICS China Essentials

Mar 26, 2021

Sanctions + China-Russia relations + Financial reforms

MERICS China Essentials

Mar 25, 2021

The European Union, China and America - clinging on by their fingernails (AmCham Shanghai)

Hanns W. Maull

External publication

Mar 08, 2021

Towards 'extreme competition': Mapping the contours of US-China relations under the Biden administration

Matt Ferchen

Report

Feb 10, 2021

Header Foto 210128 China Briefing 2/2021 Top Story

Biden officials stake out hawkish positions on China, Xi pushes back

MERICS China Essentials

Jan 28, 2021

China versus USA (Internationale Politik)

Hanns W. Maull

External publication

Jan 01, 2021

A state of uncertainty: China’s reaction to US election betrays its fears

Valarie Tan

Comment

Nov 19, 2020

Philippe Le Corre: “Biden’s election will restore close transatlantic cooperation”

Interview

Nov 12, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 2013.

Beijing uncertain about what a Biden win means for China

MERICS China Essentials

Nov 12, 2020

Trump loses, Biden wins – and Xi remains on notice

François Chimits

Comment

Nov 12, 2020

Matt Ferchen: US-China relations after the US presidential election

Podcast

Nov 10, 2020

Is China right to bet on inevitable US decline?

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Nov 02, 2020

woman wearing a face mask that says, 'I Blame China' awaits the arrival of Tiffany Trump

The competition over competitiveness: US-China relations and the US presidential elections

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Nov 02, 2020

Fresh need for 'peaceful coexistence' (Nikkei Asia)

Hanns W. Maull

Oct 04, 2020

TikTok and the US-China tech dispute

MERICS China Essentials

Sep 24, 2020

Resilience and decoupling in the era of great power competition

Torsten Riecke

Report

Aug 20, 2020

US borrows from Beijing’s playbook to decouple the Internet from China

MERICS China Essentials

Aug 13, 2020

"How dangerous is TikTok?" (Der Tagesspiegel)

Kai von Carnap

Aug 07, 2020

US campaign against Chinese vendors: The Global 5G Contest Escalates

John Lee

Comment

Aug 06, 2020

America’s China syndrome

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Aug 03, 2020

„The strategic conflict of our times“ (Steingarts Morning Briefing – Podcast)

Mikko Huotari

Jul 23, 2020

As bilateral relations between America and China continue to deteriorate, pundits seem to be converging on a “new type of Cold War” as the most plausible scenario for future world politics. Picture by gioiak2 via 123rf.

Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?

Hanns W. Maull

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Jun 19, 2020

Staying out of the neighborly quarrel between the US and China is no option for Europe as both countries are doing their best to involve it. Picture by Akarat Phasura via 123rf.

Europe’s position in the US-China trade conflict: It’s the exports, stupid

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 25, 2020

Player or playground - EU must develop own approach to emerging tech challenge

Export controls and the US-China tech war

Noah Barkin

Report

Mar 18, 2020

New MERICS study on export controls and the US-China tech war

Press release

Mar 18, 2020

A smartphone using Huawei's operating system Harmony OS

Open source of trouble: China’s efforts to decouple from foreign IT technologies

Caroline Meinhardt

Comment

Mar 18, 2020

Noah Barkin on the implications of the US-China tech war for Europe

Podcast

Feb 25, 2020

Europe in the face of US-China rivalry

Lucrezia Poggetti

Jan Weidenfeld

External publication

Jan 23, 2020

Experts on US-China

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

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

Max J. Zenglein

Chief Economist

China’s macroeconomic development; international trade and investment; economic reforms

Helena Legarda

Lead Analyst

China’s defense and security policies; Chinese foreign policy, geopolitical competition and risk

Jacob Gunter

Lead Analyst

China's political economy; Industrial policy; Innovation

Claus Soong

Analyst

China’s foreign and security policy; Asia-Pacific; US-China

US-China

"China in 25": The US-China trade war and China in the next German government's coalition agreement

"China in 25": Tariffs and transatlantic challenges

US-China trade war + Energy sector + Tech regulations

DeepSeek + US China policy under Trump + Real estate

China and Trump's election victory, with Jude Blanchette and Katja Drinhausen

Toward a transatlantic deal on China (Carnegie Europe)

MERICS Media Briefing: Implications of Trump presendency for US and European China policy

Chinese scholars highlight prolonged US-China competition

What a Trump re-election would mean for Taiwan

What’s next in US export controls targeting China, with Kevin Wolf and Rebecca Arcesati

US-China AI competition + Deng Xiaoping's 120th birthday + South China Sea

Tech “choke-points” – the long-term side-effects for China and the US

Xi and Biden’s APEC meet-up: Domestic win-win, geopolitical stalemate

The MIT China Strategy, with Michael Laha and Taylor Fravel

Industry, allies and partners face tough choices as US-China tech war escalates

Global views on China, with Helena Legarda and Jacob Gunter

The next Hong Kong: Beijing’s vision for Taiwan

Beyond blocs: global views on China and US-China relations

Taiwan tensions

Growing US-China rivalry in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia: Implications for the EU

Bottom-up public discourse in a top-down system

China's slow path towards science and technology leadership

EU-China Opinion Pool: Transatlantic cooperation on China

“Westernized” patriots defend China’s model

Strategic rivalry with China and Biden’s transatlantic promise

Green-tech rivalry will complicate US-China climate cooperation

Winning the tech war with Chinese characteristics

China’s defense against the war of words

Europe and the US: From divergence to convergence on China?

Mind the Gap: Priorities for Transatlantic China Policy

EU-US Trade and Technology Council will be a litmus test for transatlantic coordination on China

China fights back against Western sanctions and blacklists

China's toolkit against sanctions + Shaping global narratives + Three-child policy

US-China finance relations: quietly flows the Dollar

The EU, China and America: Hanging in, by their teeth and nails

Beijing’s foreign policy priorities

Likeminded coordination boosted, with Chinese pushback

Sanctions + China-Russia relations + Financial reforms

The European Union, China and America - clinging on by their fingernails (AmCham Shanghai)

Towards 'extreme competition': Mapping the contours of US-China relations under the Biden administration

Biden officials stake out hawkish positions on China, Xi pushes back

China versus USA (Internationale Politik)

A state of uncertainty: China’s reaction to US election betrays its fears

Philippe Le Corre: “Biden’s election will restore close transatlantic cooperation”

Beijing uncertain about what a Biden win means for China

Trump loses, Biden wins – and Xi remains on notice

Matt Ferchen: US-China relations after the US presidential election

Is China right to bet on inevitable US decline?

The competition over competitiveness: US-China relations and the US presidential elections

Fresh need for 'peaceful coexistence' (Nikkei Asia)

TikTok and the US-China tech dispute

Resilience and decoupling in the era of great power competition

US borrows from Beijing’s playbook to decouple the Internet from China

"How dangerous is TikTok?" (Der Tagesspiegel)

US campaign against Chinese vendors: The Global 5G Contest Escalates

America’s China syndrome

„The strategic conflict of our times“ (Steingarts Morning Briefing – Podcast)

Will American and Chinese Societies Support a New Type of Cold War?

Europe’s position in the US-China trade conflict: It’s the exports, stupid

Export controls and the US-China tech war

New MERICS study on export controls and the US-China tech war

Open source of trouble: China’s efforts to decouple from foreign IT technologies

Noah Barkin on the implications of the US-China tech war for Europe

Europe in the face of US-China rivalry

Mikko Huotari

Max J. Zenglein

Helena Legarda

Jacob Gunter

Claus Soong

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