Partner, Competitor, Rival: Where Will EU-China Relations Be in 2026?

2025 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the European Union and China. But despite the symbolic milestone, both sides continue to disagree on trade imbalances, export controls and security concerns.

Young China Watchers London is bringing together leading thinktankers, academics and analysts to discuss expectations for EU-China relations in 2026. The discussion will explore:

• The EU’s trade-defence measures and China’s countermeasures
• Supply chain resilience and the growing role of industrial policy
• Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific, and transatlantic alignment
• The EU’s approach to China as "a partner for cooperation, an economic competitor and a systemic rival"

🗓 Thursday, December 11

🕘 6:30pm-8:00pm (Door opens at 6:00pm)

📍 LT2 Bush House, King’s College London

𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀:

- Sam Goodman, Senior Policy Director, China Strategic Risks Institute

- Dr Andreas Fulda, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham; Author of “Germany and China: How Entanglement Undermines Freedom, Prosperity and Security”

- Trey McArver, Co-Founder, Trivium/China, a leading strategic advisory firm specialising in China's politics and economy