MERICS Foresight Workshop: The impact of the 2024 US elections on EU-China relations
12
Jun 2024
Brussels
The outcome of the 2024 US elections will affect the geopolitical and geoeconomic context in which EU-China relations unfold and might lead to changes not only in China’s international behavior and its approach towards Europe, but also in Europe’s own strategic calculations.
The workshop
To discuss these issues, MERICS organized a foresight exercise bringing together a group of selected European officials, policymakers and experts for a confidential workshop aiming to shed light on the main risks that Europe’s China policy will face after the presidential elections in the US. Held in a closed-door, off-the-record setting, the 2.5-hour interactive workshop encouraged informal discussions on potential future challenges depending on the outcome of the elections, and it sought to identify which of these require the most urgent action by European stakeholders.
The workshop took place on June 12 at the premises of the European Policy Center.
The outcomes
The outcomes of the workshop will be additionally used to inform other MERICS projects, such as the MERICS China Security and Risk Tracker.
About the speakers
Helena Legarda
Lead Analyst at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
China’s defense and security policies; Chinese foreign policy, geopolitical competition and risk
Grzegorz Stec
Analyst (Brussels office) at Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS)
EU-China relations; Central and Eastern Europe-China relations