Francesca Ghiretti

Francesca Ghiretti

Analyst (Brussels office) at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)

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Work packages: EU-China

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Economic security; China's global investments via BRI and development; China's footprint in Southern Europe and UK-China relations

Francesca Ghiretti’s research focuses on EU-China relations and economic security, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and development, China's footprint in Southern Europe and UK-China relations.

Before joining MERICS, she worked as a Research Fellow Asia at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) in Rome leading a project on the BRI in Italy. Previously, she also worked as a geopolitical analyst for CQS, a London-based hedge fund and as assistant to Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former Secretary General of NATO.

Francesca received a PhD from King’s College London, where she was a Leverhulme fellow at the Centre for Grand Strategy.

China Horizons publications

EU-China relations

How China approaches sanctions, with Francesca Ghiretti and Maria Shagina

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EU-China relations

Updating the EU action plan on China: De-risk, engage, coordinate

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China Horizons events

EU-China relations

MERICS Foresight Workshop: The Future of EU-China Relations

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