EIAS LATEST

EU-China Complementarity Reconsidered: Capability Learning, Market Selectivity and the Future of China-EU SME Cooperation

05/13/2026

In the China-EU bilateral trade and investment relationship, the SME dimension deserves to be analysed on its own terms. China-EU SME cooperation is no longer a broad story of market entry, cost arbitrage or one-directional technology transfer. It is becoming a more selective, capability-sensitive relationship shaped by sectoral complementarity, financing conditions and the management of regulatory uncertainty.

Planning for the Future: What Does China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Mean for Europe?

05/13/2026

On March 12, 2026, China’s National People’s Congress approved the Outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development (the Plan), which serves as the country’s blueprint for the five-year period from 2026 to 2030.

From Connectivity to Compliance: How AI governance can shape EU–ASEAN trade negotiations

02/10/2026

As ASEAN advances its digital agenda and AI adoption accelerates across Southeast Asia, regulatory choices are starting to shape trade, investment, and strategic partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. In this environment, the EU can seize the opportunity and promote fruitful partnerships amid ASEAN’s competitive market while positioning its regulatory framework as a driver for cooperation.

PAST EVENT – Countering Corruption and Good Governance in Southeast Asia and the EU

12/02/2025

PAST EVENT: Embassy of Malaysia and EIAS ASEAN Forum 2025: The Outcome of the 47th ASEAN Summit – The Way Forward on ASEAN-EU Relations Beyond 2025, 05.12.2025

11/20/2025

Op-eds

EU-China Complementarity Reconsidered: Capability Learning, Market Selectivity and the Future of China-EU SME Cooperation

05/13/2026

EIAS LATEST

EU-China Complementarity Reconsidered: Capability Learning, Market Selectivity and the Future of China-EU SME Cooperation

Planning for the Future: What Does China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Mean for Europe?

From Connectivity to Compliance: How AI governance can shape EU–ASEAN trade negotiations

Events

PAST EVENT – Countering Corruption and Good Governance in Southeast Asia and the EU

PAST EVENT: Embassy of Malaysia and EIAS ASEAN Forum 2025: The Outcome of the 47th ASEAN Summit – The Way Forward on ASEAN-EU Relations Beyond 2025, 05.12.2025

Op-eds

EU-China Complementarity Reconsidered: Capability Learning, Market Selectivity and the Future of China-EU SME Cooperation

Planning for the Future: What Does China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Mean for Europe?

Briefing Papers

EU-China Trade: Facilitating Bilateral Trade Through a Joint Fiat-Backed Stablecoin

South Korea as the New International Defence Industrial Powerhouse: Implications For Europe

Policy Briefs

Streamlining Trade: Harmonising Customs Along the Trans-Caspian Corridor

How The EU Can Leverage The Current FTA Negotiations To Secure A Mutually Beneficial CRM Partnership With India

EIAS Talks

ASEAN-EU Relations: The Road to 45

30 Years of Independence: The Future of Uzbekistan and Uzbek-EU Relations EIAS Talk with H.E. Ambassador Dilyor Khakimov

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