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Beijing Hold’em: European Cards Against Chinese Coercion

Tobias Gehrke & Nina Schmelzer | European Council on Foreign Relations | 03/31/2026

Summary China’s mineral monopoly threatens Europe’s clean tech and industrial core while its overcapacity is accelerating European deindustrialisation. This gives Beijing coercive power over key sectors and can hold EU…

Way Out of The West’s Critical Minerals Dilemma

Marina Yue Zhang | East Asia Forum | 02/16/2026

Since 2022, the United States and the EU have shifted rapidly to...

Escalate to Negotiate: How Europe Should Respond to Chinese Export Restrictions

Tobias Gehrke & Janka Oertel | European Council on Foreign Relations | 10/21/2025

Can Middle Powers Anchor the Future of Global Trade?

Mary Ng | The Hinrich Foundation | 09/02/2025

The fractures in today’s global trading system have been years ...

US Negotiators Face Tough Task to Secure Trade Deal with China

Wendy Cutler | South China Morning Post | 08/18/2025

A more assertive Chinese negotiating team, a l...

Powers of Attraction

Matt Turpin | China Articles | 07/13/2025

Will American Industrial Policy overcome the PRC’s weaponization of Rare Earth Magnet Production? F...

Trump’s Trade Wars Expose Chink in Global Economic Order

Sujan Chinoy | Firstpost | 07/09/2025

At the end of last week, US President Donald Trump shook the glob...

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