EU-China relations

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published: 24.10.2025

MERICS Forum: How can the EU navigate China’s rare earths export controls

In the new edition of MERICS Forum compiled by Grzegorz Stec, Jens Eskelund (President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China), Alicia García Herrero (Senior Research Fellow at Bruegel), Joris Teer (Research Analyst for Economic Security and Technology at the EU Institute for Security Studies), Francesca Ghiretti (Director of the RAND Europe China Initiative), Jakub Jakóbowski (Deputy Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies) and Rebecca Arcesati (Lead Analyst, Science, Technology and Innovation program at MERICS) share their assessments on the EU influence on China’s rare earths export restrictions.

 

About the speakers

Jens Eskelund

Managing Director, Maersk China Ltd and Member, DWARC External Experts Advisory Board

Alicia Garcia Herrero

Chief Economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Non-resident Senior Follow at the East Asian Institute, Adjunct Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Economist specialized in monetary and financial issues in emerging markets, banking crises and resolution strategies, financial development

Joris Teer

Research Analyst for Economic Security and Technology at the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS)

Francesca Ghiretti

Research Leader, RAND Europe

Jakub Jakóbowski

Deputy Director, Centre for Easter Studies (OSW)

Rebecca Arcesati

Lead Analyst at MERICS