EU-China Relations: A New Era of Cooperation?

Workshop Programme

December 8

12:30 – 13:30 Conference registration/ coffee and sandwiches Welcome address

13:30 – 15:30 Panel 1: Challenges in the EU-China trade and Investment relations Speakers: Professor Marc Bungenberg (University of Saarland), Dr Axel Berger (DIE) Chair: Dr Margot Schüller (GIGA)

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16.00 – 18.00 Panel 2: Buying Europe? Implications of Chinese Investment in the EU Speakers: Dr Yun Schüler-Zhou (GIGA), Dr Mikko Huotari (MERICS), Professor Ulrike Reisach (University Neu-Ulm) Chair: Dr Günter Schucher (GIGA)

18.30 Dinner

December 9

09:00 – 11:00 Panel 3: EU-US-China: Trilateral Relations after the US-Election Speakers: Professor Nele Noesselt (University Duisburg-Essen), Professor Hong ZHOU (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) Chair: Professor Katja Levy (FU Berlin)

11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 13:15 Panel 4: EU Interest in China’s OBOR-Initiative Speakers: Professor Sebastian Bersick (Ruhr University Bochum), Professor Zhongping FENG (China institutes of Contemporary International Relations), Dr Margot Schüller (GIGA) Chair: Professor Bettina Gransow (FU Berlin)