Trade, Investments, Technology, Climate Change, Human Rights: How should the EU Deal with China?
27 October 2020 9:00 am CET
International videoconference
In cooperation with Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe (ÖFZ), Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation (KAS), Vienna French Institute for International Relations (Ifri).
Venue
International videoconference via Zoom - see below for the registration link
Description
A little more than 40 years since China's opening and reform it has risen to a comprehensive global power which is a strategic partner, but also a competitor and even a strategic rival for the EU as stated in the EU-China strategic outlook (March 2019). While for many years after China joined WTO in 2001 its rapid growth was mostly seen as beneficial and an opportunity for European economic actors, in today's perception the balance of challenges and opportunities presented by China has shifted.
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Programme
9h00 Opening
Dominique DAVID, President, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe/ Advisor to the President, Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris
Claudia CRAWFORD, Director, Konrad Adenauer Foundation Multilateral Dialogue, Vienna
Dietmar SCHWEISGUT, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe/ former Austrian and EU Ambassador to China
9h10 Panel 1: Global governance: Engaging with China while preserving Europe's values and interests in trade, investments and digital economy
Helena KOENIG, Deputy Director-General, DG Trade, European Commission
Reinhard BUETIKOFER, Member of the European Parliament/ Chair of the EP-Delegation for relations with the People's Republic of China
Alice EKMAN, Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Studies (EUISS), Paris
Martin HALA, Director, Sinopsis.cz, former Regional Manager for Asia Pacific, Open Society Foundation, Prague
Moderation: Kristin SHI-KUPFER, Professor, Institute of Sinology, University of Trier; Senior Associate Fellow, MERICS Lab, Berlin
.10h25 Break
10h45 Panel 2: Eurasian connectivity: What Strategy, Whose Strategy?
Janez PREMOZE, former Slovenian Ambassador to China; Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Romana VLAHUTIN, Ambassador at large for connectivity, European External Action Service (EEAS)
Peter HEFELE, Head of Asia and Pacific Department, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin
Mario HOLZNER, Director, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Moderation: Regina FIGL, Head of China Taskforce, Ministry for Europe and International Affairs, Vienna
12h00 Conclusion
Dietmar SCHWEISGUT, Secretary General, Austro-French Centre for Rapprochement in Europe; former Austrian and EU Ambassador to China
The conference will be held in english