China and the European Union have an extensive and growing economic relationship. The relationship is problematic because of the distortions caused by China's state capitalist system and the diversity of interests within the EU's incomplete federation. More can be done to capture the untapped...

The concept of the Silk Road Economic Belt put forward by China in September 2013 has two major dimensions: ‘the Road' and ‘the Belt'. This article argues that building ‘the Road' may lead to: (a) the transformation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) from hitherto primarily...

In the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, China's share in European trade has fallen continuously. Nevertheless, the country remains the EU's largest source of imports (20.5 percent in 2023) and its third largest export destination (8.7 percent). • This apparent dominance of China is put into...