Global economy and trade

China economic database

Repository of what we consider to be the most relevant macroeconomic data for China and EU-China relations.

European Economic Security: Current practices and further development

Key factors likely to shape the EU’s trade agenda in the next five-year term

How does China conduct industrial policy: analyzing words versus deeds

Income inequality and the liberal economic order: a not entirely Western perspective

This essay argues that global welfare gains should be safeguarded and built on, not undermined by a blinkered perception of liberalism.

Zooming in on the US-China tech rivalry

A comparative exploration of US-China innovation frontiers

China’s ‘new productive forces’ risk overcapacity bubble

India's economy can overtake China's if it can stay on track

China continues to dominate an expanded BRICS

Emerging countries have replaced most of Russia’s lost trade with advanced economies

Russian trade overall seems to have suffered little from sanctions; meanwhile, medicine and food trade continues with sanctioning countries

Key takeaways from China’s Two Sessions

Unpacking China’s biggest annual political event