US-China

US-China

Research

Industrial Policy and Technology

US-China AI competition + Deng Xiaoping's 120th birthday + South China Sea

MERICS Briefs

Aug 29, 2024

Screen with code

Industry, allies and partners face tough choices as US-China tech war escalates

Rebecca Arcesati

Antonia Hmaidi

Comment

Oct 20, 2022

The next Hong Kong: Beijing’s vision for Taiwan

Helena Legarda

Antonia Hmaidi

Jacob Gunter

Nis Grünberg

Tracker

Aug 31, 2022

Beyond blocs: global views on China and US-China relations

Jacob Gunter

Helena Legarda

Anu Anwar

Pamela Aróstica Fernández

Evi Fitriani

Oyuna Baldakova

Oscar M. Otele

Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi

Naser Al-Tamimi

Kadir Temiz

Report

Aug 18, 2022

Taiwan tensions

MERICS Briefs

Aug 11, 2022

Growing US-China rivalry in Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia: Implications for the EU

Matt Ferchen

Report

Mar 24, 2022

Bottom-up public discourse in a top-down system

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Feb 17, 2022

China's slow path towards science and technology leadership

Kai von Carnap

Comment

Feb 02, 2022

“Westernized” patriots defend China’s model

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jan 26, 2022

Strategic rivalry with China and Biden’s transatlantic promise

Michael Laha

Comment

Jan 20, 2022

Green-tech rivalry will complicate US-China climate cooperation

Nis Grünberg

Comment

Jan 19, 2022

Winning the tech war with Chinese characteristics

Valarie Tan

Comment

Jan 13, 2022

China’s defense against the war of words

Comment

Jan 05, 2022

Mind the Gap: Priorities for Transatlantic China Policy

Joint report by the Aspen Strategy Group, Munich Security Conference and MERICS

Bernhard Bartsch

Mikko Huotari

Jan Weidenfeld

Report

Jul 14, 2021

EU-US Trade and Technology Council will be a litmus test for transatlantic coordination on China

Rebecca Arcesati

Grzegorz Stec

MERICS Briefs

Jun 30, 2021

China fights back against Western sanctions and blacklists

MERICS Briefs

Jun 11, 2021

China's toolkit against sanctions + Shaping global narratives + Three-child policy

MERICS Briefs

Jun 10, 2021

Likeminded coordination boosted, with Chinese pushback

MERICS Briefs

Mar 26, 2021

Sanctions + China-Russia relations + Financial reforms

MERICS Briefs

Mar 25, 2021

Towards 'extreme competition': Mapping the contours of US-China relations under the Biden administration

Matt Ferchen

Report

Feb 10, 2021

Biden officials stake out hawkish positions on China, Xi pushes back

MERICS Briefs

Jan 28, 2021

TikTok and the US-China tech dispute

MERICS Briefs

Sep 24, 2020

Resilience and decoupling in the era of great power competition

How the fight between China and the US for geopolitical dominance has ruptured the world economy

Torsten Riecke

Report

Aug 20, 2020

US borrows from Beijing’s playbook to decouple the Internet from China

MERICS Briefs

Aug 13, 2020

US campaign against Chinese vendors: The Global 5G Contest Escalates

John Lee

Comment

Aug 06, 2020

Insights

What a Trump re-election would mean for Taiwan

Claus Soong

Comment

Nov 01, 2024

A man watches a TV screen showing a news report of the Chinese live-fire military exercises near Taiwan, at a restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 22, 2024.

The competition over competitiveness: US-China relations and the US presidential elections

Matt Ferchen

Comment

Nov 02, 2020

Fresh need for 'peaceful coexistence' (Nikkei Asia)

Hanns W. Maull

Oct 04, 2020

"How dangerous is TikTok?" (Der Tagesspiegel)

Kai von Carnap

Aug 07, 2020

America’s China syndrome

Hanns W. Maull

Comment

Aug 03, 2020

„The strategic conflict of our times“ (Steingarts Morning Briefing – Podcast)

Mikko Huotari

Jul 23, 2020

Noah Barkin on the implications of the US-China tech war for Europe

“Europe needs to find a way to create the structures to have a holistic debate about trade, technology, security.”

Podcast

Feb 25, 2020

MERICS Experts 106 - Noah Barkin on US sanctions on Tech exports.mp3

Max Zenglein: "Economic growth is still alright"

Podcast

Oct 24, 2019

Merics Experts 94 - Max Zenglein.mp3

Abdul Abiad on the US-China trade conflict and its impact on Asia

Podcast

Oct 18, 2019

Merics Experts 93 - Abdul Abiad.mp3

Events

US-China

MERICS Members Event: Where are US-China relations taking us?

Dec. 13, 2022

Members only

Geopolitics

US-China

MERICS Future China Lecture with Kevin Rudd

Aug. 31, 2022

Experts on US-China

HuotariMikko

Mikko Huotari

Executive Director

MaxZenglein

Max J. Zenglein

Chief Economist

HelenaLegarda

Helena Legarda

Lead Analyst

Jacob Gunter

Jacob Gunter

Lead Analyst

Claus Soong

Claus Soong

Analyst

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