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Trade and Investment

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Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

New MERICS index: how internationally integrated is China's economy?

François Chimits

Report

Nov 21, 2024

Research

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

China’s economy shows faint signs of stabilization over Q3

Max J. Zenglein, François Chimits, Alexander Brown

Tracker

Oct 23, 2024

A Property Construction in Nanjing

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

Insights

Trade and Investment

China steps up investments in Hungary, with Alexander Brown and Gregor Sebastian

Podcast

Jun 06, 2024

Events

Trade and Investment

MERICS Briefing: China’s economic trajectory: Out of balance and under pressure?

Mar. 10, 2022

Members only

Industrial Policy and Technology

Trade and Investment

MERICS Members Event: China’s economy enters 2022 with weak growth and big uncertainties

Jan. 27, 2022

Members only

Experts on Trade and Investment

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Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

Chief Economist

Jacob Gunter

Jacob Gunter

Lead Analyst

AlexanderBrown

Alexander Brown

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François Chimits

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Andreas Mischer

Andreas Mischer

Associate Analyst

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