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Trade and Investment

Chinese people buy Thai durians at an international logistics center for agricultural products in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region

Trade and Investment

China’s surging overcapacities are pressuring many developing countries too

No. 3, November 2024

Tracker

Nov 27, 2024

Research

Trade and Investment

China’s record trade surplus + Anti-corruption campaign + De-risking

MERICS Briefs

Jan 16, 2025

argo ships load and unload containers in an orderly manner at the Dapukou Container Terminal in Jintang Port area of Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, Jan 4, 2025.

China’s economy shows faint signs of stabilization over Q3

MERICS Economic Indicators Q3/2024

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Oct 23, 2024

Growing asymmetry: Mapping the import dependencies in EU and US trade with China

François Chimits

Report

Oct 01, 2024

Economic momentum falters over Q2

MERICS Economic Indicators Q2/2024

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Jul 19, 2024

China’s guerrilla strategy in a fragmenting global economy

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Report

Jun 18, 2024

Economic insecurity + Xinjiang + Wang Yi in Europe

MERICS Briefs

Feb 15, 2024

Economic drivers of diversification

Aya Adachi

Comment

Jan 17, 2024

Report by MERICS and Rhodium Group: Battery investments are now the mainstay of Chinese FDI in Europe

Press release

May 09, 2023

EV battery investments cushion drop to decade low: Chinese FDI in Europe 2022 Update

Report by Rhodium Group and MERICS

Agatha Kratz

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Mark Witzke

Report

May 09, 2023

The e-CNY will not help the yuan displace the dollar any time soon

François Chimits

Comment

May 05, 2023

The digital yuan struggles to find Chinese shoppers willing to spend it

Kai von Carnap

Comment

May 05, 2023

Profits of German investors in China – an empirical survey

A report by Bertelsmann Stiftung, IW, MERICS and BDI

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Report

Apr 20, 2023

Light at the end of the tunnel after a weak Q4

MERICS Economic Indicators Q4/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Jan 26, 2023

Japan’s Chinese lesson – diversifying only production is not enough

Aya Adachi

Koki Shigenoi

Comment

Nov 07, 2022

Economy improves in Q3 but faces mounting risks

MERICS Economic Indicators Q3/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Oct 31, 2022

How China utilizes economic pressure, with Aya Adachi and Alexander Brown

Podcast

Sep 23, 2022

Fasten your seatbelts: How to manage China’s economic coercion

Aya Adachi

Alexander Brown

Max J. Zenglein

Report

Aug 25, 2022

Insights

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China’s economy in 2025, with Max Zenglein

Podcast

Jan 23, 2025

Chinese investment in Europe hits decade low, with Agatha Kratz and Gregor Sebastian

Podcast

May 12, 2023

China's economy in 2023, with Max J. Zenglein

Podcast

Feb 03, 2023

Transatlantic approaches to outbound investment screening (CSIS)

Francesca Ghiretti

External publication

Jan 17, 2023

German government stops sale of chip factory to Chinese-owned buyer

Antonia Hmaidi

Press release

Nov 10, 2022

“With a little help from my friends”: China turns to Africa to bolster food security

Aya Adachi

Francesca Ghiretti

Comment

Oct 07, 2022

China: Hope for the best but prepare for the worst (Politico)

Max J. Zenglein

External publication

Sep 08, 2022

Chinese FDI in Europe in 2021, with Gregor Sebastian

Podcast

Apr 29, 2022

Battered in Russia, companies need to be more transparent about risks in China

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Mar 30, 2022

Events

EU-China

Geopolitics

Russia-China

Indo-Pacific

Trade and Investment

European China Policy: Track 1.5 Workshop in Madrid

Sep. 19, 2023

Madrid

Trade and Investment

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

Apr. 26, 2023

Members only

Experts on Trade and Investment

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Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

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Jacob Gunter

Jacob Gunter

Lead Analyst

AlexanderBrown

Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst

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François Chimits

Senior Economist (Brussels office)

Andreas Mischer

Andreas Mischer

Associate Analyst

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