Strategic De-Risking and Industrial Sovereignty: China’s Position in an Era of European Supply Chain Recalibration
Feb 19, 2026
The evolving discourse of “de-risking” within the European Union represents a pivotal inflection point in China–EU economic relations. Unlike the rhetoric of comprehensive decoupling, which implies systemic disengagement, de-risking articulates a more selective and strategically calibrated approach: reducing excessive dependencies in critical sectors
Strategic Interdependence and Managed Exposure: China’s Trade and Investment Dependency on the European Union
Feb 19, 2026
The economic relationship between the People’s Republic of China and the European Union constitutes one of the most structurally significant axes in the contemporary global trading system. As two of the world’s largest economic entities, their interdependence transcends conventional bilateral exchange and operates