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

Chasing the ghost of transatlantic cooperation to level the playing field with China: time for action

François Chimits

Report

Oct 19, 2021

Intellectual property rights + Energy consumption + Transport sector

Alexander Brown

Gregor Sebastian

MERICS Briefs

Oct 05, 2021

Reality check: How welcome are foreign investors in China?

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Sep 03, 2021

Levelling the playing field in maritime shipping

Jacob Gunter

Comment

Aug 18, 2021

MOFCOM five-year plan + Circular economy + Support for SMEs

Alexander Brown

Gregor Sebastian

MERICS Briefs

Aug 03, 2021

China’s rule and standard-setting ambitions for global trade

Implications for EU trade policy

Matt Ferchen

Thomas des Garets Geddes

Barbara Pongratz

Report

Jul 29, 2021

Chinese crackdown sends shudders through tech sector

MERICS Briefs

Jul 08, 2021

Chinese FDI in Europe: 2020 Update

Investment falls to 10-year low in an economically and politically challenging year

Agatha Kratz

Max J. Zenglein

Gregor Sebastian

Report

Jun 16, 2021

China gains the advantage in the post-Covid era as its economic recovery broadens

Max J. Zenglein

Tracker

Apr 22, 2021

China's economy continues path towards normality

MERICS Economic Indicators Q1/2021

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

François Chimits

Tracker

Apr 22, 2021

China’s 2020 external surplus - a wake-up call

François Chimits

Comment

Jan 29, 2021

Economic recovery picks up over last quarter

MERICS Economic Indicators Q4/2020

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

François Chimits

Tracker

Jan 21, 2021

The envy of the world: China’s economic growth avoids major disruptions in a challenging year

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

François Chimits

Comment

Jan 21, 2021

EU-China investment deal leaves a lot to be desired

MERICS Briefs

Jan 14, 2021

“The EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) is a test for the future trajectory of the EU-China relationship”

Press release

Dec 22, 2020

Bond defaults: Beijing weeds out state-owned enterprises

Comment

Nov 26, 2020

Mapping and recalibrating Europe’s economic interdependence with China

Max J. Zenglein

Report

Nov 17, 2020

The digital Yuan will only lend a minor boost to internationalization of the currency

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Nov 16, 2020

China’s economic recovery picks up pace

MERICS Economic Indicators Q3/2020

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

François Chimits

Tracker

Oct 23, 2020

China's new export control law

MERICS Briefs

Oct 22, 2020

PBOC says world’s first state-back digital currency ready for launch

Comment

Sep 24, 2020

Stimulus measures drive China's economic rebound

MERICS Economic Indicators Q2/2020

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Tracker

Jul 23, 2020

A glimpse into China’s changed financial sector

Michiel Haasbroek

Comment

Jul 15, 2020

Stimulus package reveals China’s financial constraints

Michiel Haasbroek

Comment

Jul 13, 2020

Coronavirus crisis impacts China’s credit system

Michiel Haasbroek

Comment

Jul 10, 2020

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

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 25, 2020

Chinese FDI in Europe: 2019 Update

Special Topic: Research Collaborations

Agatha Kratz

Mikko Huotari

Thilo Hanemann

Rebecca Arcesati

Report

Apr 08, 2020

Europe’s renminbi dilemma

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Feb 19, 2020

China cannot (yet) do without Hong Kong

Max J. Zenglein

Comment

Jan 27, 2020

China's Currency Push

The Chinese Yuan expands its footprint in Europe

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Report

Jan 09, 2020

Pricey currency exchange

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Nov 22, 2019

Beyond investment screening: Expanding Europe's toolbox to address Chinese state capitalism (Bertelsmann Stiftung)

Oct 15, 2019

Beyond Investment Screening

Expanding Europe’s toolbox to address economic risks from Chinese state capitalism

Mikko Huotari

Agatha Kratz

Report

Sep 01, 2019

China's high and rising corporate debt

Examining drivers and risks

Ma Guonan

Report

Aug 22, 2019

China's caution about loosening cross-border capital flows

Fear of financial instability will continue to slow the liberalization of the capital account

Max J. Zenglein

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Report

Jun 19, 2019

African networks, smartphones - and surveillance

Tom Bayes

Comment

Jun 18, 2019

China’s discreet option on trade

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Jun 12, 2019

Chinese FDI in Europe: 2018 trends and impact of new screening policies

A report by Rhodium Group (RHG) and the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

Thilo Hanemann

Mikko Huotari

Agatha Kratz

Report

Mar 06, 2019

Chaotic markets meet uninformed investors in China’s online finance sector

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Prof. Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Comment

Oct 22, 2018

China-US Trade War: No end in sight?

Max J. Zenglein

Johannes Heller-John

Comment

Sep 13, 2018

Policy in China still puts growth before deleveraging

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

Aug 28, 2018

China's Free Trade Ports are unlikely to meet investors' expectations

Aymeric Mariette

Comment

Jul 23, 2018

Belt and Road reality check: How to assess China’s investment in Eastern Europe

Thomas S. Eder

Jacob Mardell

Comment

Jul 10, 2018

Why China has to fear a second wave of capital flight

Maximilian Kärnfelt

Comment

May 28, 2018

Cutting import tariffs can help China’s economy – and global trade

Rolf J. Langhammer

Comment

May 24, 2018

EU-China FDI: Working towards more reciprocity in investment relations

Report by MERICS and Rhodium Group

Thilo Hanemann

Mikko Huotari

Report

Apr 17, 2018

Chinese investment in Europe: A country-level approach

A Report by the European Think-tank Network on China (ETNC), December 2017

Mikko Huotari

External publication

Jan 04, 2018

Foreign firms in China

Limited room for experimentation

Lea Shih

Comment

Jul 24, 2017

Insights

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China’s economy in 2025, with Max Zenglein

Podcast

Jan 23, 2025

Events

Lianyungang Port, industry, trade and economy

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China's economy and economic policy: Exchange between MERICS and economic research institutes

Jan. 20, 2021

Stacked container showing a projection of European and Chinese flag on the front

EU-China

Trade and Investment

When dependence cuts both ways: Towards a realistic assessment of EU-China economic relations

Nov. 26, 2020

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