EU-China Podcast

Jacob Gunter is the Policy and Communications Manager at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and lead pen of their recent report on the involvement of European companies in the Belt and Road Initiative - "The Road Less Travelled". He has spent over eight years in China living as a student and professional in Yuyao in Zhejiang province, in Nanjing where he studied at the prestigious Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and currently in Beijing. As he told me himself, he is globalization in practice - an American, working in China for the European Union.

Jacob Gunter is the Policy and Communications Manager at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and lead pen of their recent report on the involvement of European companies in the Belt and Road Initiative - "The Road Less Travelled". He has spent over eight years in China living as a student and professional in Yuyao in Zhejiang province, in Nanjing where he studied at the prestigious Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and currently in Beijing. As he told me himself, he is globalization in practice - an American, working in China for the European Union.

In todays news we cover:

• EU & US Diverge on China at Munich Security Conference
• Coronavirus - Supply Chains and Summits
• EU’s Digital Package in China Context
• Vatican in Talks with China
• China’s Diplomatic Spats in Northern and Central and Eastern Europe
• Alstom Preparing a Merger to Rival Chinese Train Giants

In todays news we cover:

• EU & US Diverge on China at Munich Security Conference
• Coronavirus - Supply Chains and Summits
• EU’s Digital Package in China Context
• Vatican in Talks with China
• China’s Diplomatic Spats in Northern and Central and Eastern Europe
• Alstom Preparing a Merger to Rival Chinese Train Giants

In this two-part episode, we dive deep into the topic of the EU’s engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative - are the European companies involved in BRI? Does the EU’s Connectivity Strategy support European businesses? What about China promoting its standards through BRI projects?

We tackle this questions with Jacob Gunter the Policy and Communications Manager at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and lead pen of their recent report on the involvement of European companies in the Belt and Road Initiative - "The Road Less Travelled". He has spent over eight years in China living as a student and professional in Yuyao in Zhejiang province, in Nanjing where he studied at the prestigious Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and currently in Beijing. As he told me himself, he is globalization in practice - an American, working in China for the European Union.

In this two-part episode, we dive deep into the topic of the EU’s engagement with China’s Belt and Road Initiative - are the European companies involved in BRI? Does the EU’s Connectivity Strategy support European businesses? What about China promoting its standards through BRI projects?

We tackle this questions with Jacob Gunter the Policy and Communications Manager at the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and lead pen of their recent report on the involvement of European companies in the Belt and Road Initiative - "The Road Less Travelled". He has spent over eight years in China living as a student and professional in Yuyao in Zhejiang province, in Nanjing where he studied at the prestigious Hopkins–Nanjing Center, and currently in Beijing. As he told me himself, he is globalization in practice - an American, working in China for the European Union.

In todays news we cover:

• Coronavirus Update
• Coronavirus & Europe - Reaction and Impact
• Europe Responds to Huawei
• MERICS - Survey on EU-China Relations in 2020
• Europe Plans to Build Industrial Champions
• Balkans, EU, China - Strategic Membership Criteria

In todays news we cover:

• Coronavirus Update
• Coronavirus & Europe - Reaction and Impact
• Europe Responds to Huawei
• MERICS - Survey on EU-China Relations in 2020
• Europe Plans to Build Industrial Champions
• Balkans, EU, China - Strategic Membership Criteria

Our guest is Justyna Szczudlik, who is the Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme and a China analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). She recently co-authored and published a report on the EU-China paradiplomacy - following a three year long study on the topic. Her research interests also involve China-Central and Eastern Europe and Sino-Polish relations, so check her work especially if you are a fan of 17+1 debates.

Be sure to check out the report “The Subnational Dimensions of EU China relations” released by PISM in cooperation with experts from the University of Lodz in Poland. The report is available for free online and you can find a link to it on our website - click here

Our guest is Justyna Szczudlik, who is the Head of the Asia-Pacific Programme and a China analyst at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM). She recently co-authored and published a report on the EU-China paradiplomacy - following a three year long study on the topic. Her research interests also involve China-Central and Eastern Europe and Sino-Polish relations, so check her work especially if you are a fan of 17+1 debates.

Be sure to check out the report “The Subnational Dimensions of EU China relations” released by PISM in cooperation with experts from the University of Lodz in Poland. The report is available for free online and you can find a link to it on our website - click here