Illustration of a suitcase with Yuan, Dollar and Euro characters

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

Stringent Covid controls take their toll on GDP growth

MERICS Economic Indicators Q2/2022

Max J. Zenglein

François Chimits

Gregor Sebastian

Alexander Brown

Tracker

Jul 22, 2022

Beijing’s revealing silence on Japan's economic security legislation

Aya Adachi

Comment

Jul 12, 2022

China’s economic woes prompt return of bad habits

François Chimits

Comment

Jun 28, 2022

"Made in China" electric vehicles could turn Sino-EU trade on its head

Gregor Sebastian

François Chimits

Comment

May 30, 2022

Chinese FDI in Europe: 2021 Update

Investments remain on downward trajectory – Focus on venture capital

Agatha Kratz

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Mark Witzke

Report

Apr 27, 2022

China’s participation in RCEP has implications for Europe

Aya Adachi

Comment

Jan 04, 2022

China in the WTO – 20 happy years and (at least) one unfulfilled promise

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Dec 08, 2021

Course correction: China’s shifting approach to economic globalization

Alexander Brown

Jacob Gunter

Max J. Zenglein

Report

Oct 19, 2021

Insights

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China’s economy in 2025, with Max Zenglein

Podcast

Jan 23, 2025

Consolidating China's electric car sector: From three hundred to a few

Gregor Sebastian

Comment

Nov 12, 2021

Grandstanding or sincere? China’s move to join the CPTPP

Aya Adachi

Comment

Oct 27, 2021

Victor Shih on Evergrande

Video

Oct 26, 2021

Victor Shih on the Evergrande crisis

Podcast

Oct 08, 2021

MERICS Experts 132 Victor Shih - Evergrande.mp3

Max J. Zenglein on the Evergrande crisis

“A government bailout should not be expected”

Interview

Sep 23, 2021

Huarong – a silent bail out that went wrong

François Chimits

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Jun 23, 2021

In China, returns on investment are often returns on political decisions

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 21, 2021

US-China finance relations: quietly flows the Dollar

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 11, 2021

Events

Trade and Investment

MERICS Members Event: Light at the tunnel after weak Q4

Jan. 27, 2023

Members only

Trade and Investment

MERICS Members Event: “No quick fixes for China's economy”

Jul. 22, 2022

Members only

Experts on Trade and Investment

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

Chief Economist

Jacob Gunter

Jacob Gunter

Lead Analyst

AlexanderBrown

Alexander Brown

Senior Analyst

FrancoisChimits

François Chimits

Senior Economist (Brussels office)

Andreas Mischer

Andreas Mischer

Associate Analyst

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