Why the EU needs China “mainstreaming” in all policy areas - Gesine Weber

Gesine Weber, you are PhD candidate at King's Collège in London, and researcher for the Paris office of the German Marshall Fund. And you have followed closely the recent EU-China summit in Beijing.

Yes, the first in-person summit since 2019, which took place on December 7 and 8.

From the beginning, expectations were low: the relations between the EU and China are subject to increasing tensions. Everybody is nervous! 

 European policy-makers are concerned about the ties between China and Russia ties and the structural trade imbalances between China and Europe, while Beijing is worried about the EU’s agenda of “de-risking” and the potential challenges for China’s economic interests, such as access to the EU market...