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Workshop: “From Trade to Geopolitics: The Shifting EU-China Landscape”
April 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM to 3:00 PM
| Location: | Senate Room, 6th floor room 608 Pigiarvik (ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ) |
| Cost: | Free |
The Jean Monnet Chair in EU External Relations and the Eastern Europe and Transatlantic Network are very pleased to co-host the research workshop, “From Trade to Geopolitics: The Shifting EU-China Landscape”.
This event will bring together policymakers and scholars from economics, political science, and law to examine key developments shaping EU-China relations. Discussions will explore:
- The challenges posed by China’s rise to the global economic order and the EU’s strategic response.
- The impact of US-China competition on the EU’s policy and economic strategies.
- The evolving Russia-China alliance and its geopolitical and economic consequences for the EU, including trade, security, and diplomacy.
By convening experts and decision-makers, the workshop aims to deepen understanding of these complex dynamics and generate insights to inform future policy approaches.
Draft program (as of April 15)
8:45AM-9:00AM Registration and Welcome Coffee
9:00AM-9:15AM Opening Remarks by Crina Viju-Miljusevic, Carleton University
9:15AM-10:45AM Panel 1: Navigating EU-China Relations: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Crina Viju-Miljusevic
Presenters:
Anton Malkin, University of Alberta
China and EU relations and End of Free Trade.
Duncan Freeman, ICHEC Brussels Management School
The EU and China: Tensions, Risks and Narrative Transitions?
Jing Men, East China Normal University (online)
How Chinese Perceive EU-China Relations.
Andreea Brînză, Romanian Institute for the Study of Asia-Pacific (online)
Sometimes Partner, Often Competitor, Maybe Rival, Depending on Whom You Ask and When: Perspectives on China from Europe.
10:45AM-11:00AM Break
11:00AM-12:30PM Panel 2: EU-China-US: Strategic Interactions in a Shifting World
Chair: Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa
Presenters:
Jeremy Paltiel, Carleton University
The Enemy’s Enemy I Can’t Befriend: The Dilemma for the EU (and Canada) of Sino-American Rivalry Under MAGA.
Charles Burton, Sinopsis
The Impact of Recent US Foreign Policy Doctrine Transformation on China-EU Relations.
Kristen Hopewell, University of British Columbia
Between Scylla and Charybdis: Navigating EU Strategic Autonomy Amid the US-China Trade War.
Min Ye, Boston University (online)
Aligning or Balancing—China’s Reactive Approach to Relations in Europe.
12:30PM-1:30PM Lunch
1:30PM-3:00PM Panel 3: The EU-China-Russia Nexus: Confrontation or Cooperation?
Chair: Paul Goode, Carleton University
Presenters:
Piotr Dutkiewicz, Carleton University
Unavoidable Friendship – Notes on Russia/China Relations.
Balkan Devlen, Macdonald-Laurier Institute
Facing the Sino-Russian Axis in a Time of Transatlantic Upheaval.
Jeanne Wilson, Harvard University
Russian-Chinese Relations: Their Relevance for the European Union.
Una Bērziņa-Čerenkova, Riga Stradins University
Russia-China Ideological Alignment Following the Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine.
This is a hybrid event with in-person and online attendance.
Registration is now closed for this event for in-person attendance.
Jean Monnet Chair in EU External Relations is co-funded by the European Union and by Carleton University. The Eastern Europe and Transatlantic Network (EETN) is hosted by the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University with a grant from the MINDS (Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security) which is funded by the Department of National Defence.