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Jan 15, 2025 | 
ecfr.eu | Byford Tsang |Asia Programme
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | Alexander Lipke |Asia Programme
Policy Alert 5 December 2024 2 minute read South Korean president Yoon Suk-Yeol plunged one of the European Union’s most important partners in east Asia into domestic political turmoil when he tried to impose martial law on Tuesday. While the move was quickly overruled by a unanimous parliamentary vote, the ensuing political chaos will hinder Seoul’s role as a key European partner. In the short term, the crisis will absorb South Korean politicians’ attention. Big foreign policy decisions,...
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | Byford Tsang |Asia Programme
Be the first to know about our latest publications, podcasts, events, and job opportunities. Join our community and stay connected! All newsletter optionsSign up for ECFR’s newsletters, updates, and mailings and dive into the most pressing foreign policy issues with insights from our experts, programmes, and offices: Flagship newsletter | Our weekly round-up on ECFR's publications, podcasts, events, jobs, and media coverage delivered straight to your inbox every Friday morning.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | Janka Oertel |Asia Programme
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has just scored an important victory. From next week, the European Union will impose of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles for the next five years. Von der Leyen is not like Trump – a fan of slinging tariffs on friends and foes alike – but she is determined to adjust the European Union’s approach to China to fit a new reality. And she has rallied the collective power of the Brussels bureaucracy to deliver.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | James Crabtree |Alexander Lipke |Asia Programme
Which nation is Russia’s most significant military partner in its war with Ukraine? Speaking at a conference in Kyiv in September, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov gave a clear, if perhaps unexpected, answer: North Korea. Or, as Budanov put it: “North Korea would be first. Then there is no one for a long time, and then everyone else.” The scale of North Korean aid to Russia remains striking.
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May 17, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | Mark Leonard |Janka Oertel |Asia Programme
Podcast Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes17 May 2024Apple PodcastsSpotifyRSSA key priority for both the European Union and the United States is to reduce dependencies on China in green industries. Only this week, the United States announced a ramping up of tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, solar panels, steel, and other goods. However, with China’s dominant position in the production of green technologies, European policymakers are facing difficult decisions when it comes to de-risking.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | James Crabtree |Manisha Reuter |Asia Programme
The European Union’s relationship with India has long been high on promise, short on delivery. Speaking in 2022 in New Delhi, European Commission president Ursula von Der Leyen hailed a partnership “at the nexus of trade, trusted technology, and security”. Yet as the European Parliament recently noted, the EU-India bilateral relationship has “not yet reached its full potential”.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
ecfr.eu | Janka Oertel |Asia Programme
At last September’s German auto fair, the new Chinese electric vehicles on display impressed the crowds. Their quality was respectable, even for German car snobs, with the models coming across as playful and fun, yet functional. Importantly, these new cars are cheap in comparison to Tesla or their European counterparts, such as Renault and BMW, with comparable vehicles coming in at 20 per cent more expensive.
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Nov 10, 2023 | 
asialink.unimelb.edu.au | Jingdong Yuan |Asia Programme |Kansiree Sittipoonaegkapat
In late October 1973, Gough Whitlam became the first Australian prime minister to visit China, fulfilling a promise he had made to Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai two years earlier, when Whitlam as Opposition Leader had led a delegation on an audacious journey to the middle kingdom. At a banquet Zhou hosted during the official visit, Whitlam laid out the logic for an engagement policy toward China. “[D]ifferent social systems … should not inhibit the flow of ideas,” he said.
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Sep 22, 2023 | 
ecfr.eu | Mark Leonard |Janka Oertel |Asia Programme
Podcast Mark Leonard's World in 30 minutes22 September 2023Listen on SoundCloudApple PodcastsSpotifyRSSIn her state of the union address, European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, announced an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric cars. This summer, the German government released its first comprehensive China strategy, noting that “China has changed, and therefore we must change our approach.” These events mark a turning point in EU-China relations.
