Published 24 December 2020 — The warning signs are growing that China may make a move on Taiwan. Europe can no longer afford to be asleep at the wheel. For a few years Beijing has shifted its stance with Taipei, from tacit co-existence to a campaign of international isolation, coercing global forums like the WHO to exclude Taiwan […]
Writing in Die Zeit, Anders Fogh Rasmussen argued that the European Union is being co-opted in China’s efforts to reinvent the One-China Policy at the expense of democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In the piece he argues it’s tile for the EU to step up relations with Taiwan. Read the op ed here. […]
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Poland has been key to keep NATO and EU allies clear-eyed on Putin’s Russia. Yet if I agree with my Polish friends that Russia might pose the closest geographic threat, China is fast rivalling them in their efforts to destabilize European democracies and undermine our freedom. For over a decade, […]
Fabrice Pothier, chief strategy officer at Rasmussen Global discusses the trade relationship between the EU and China and the predatory behavior by Chinese firms when it comes to European M&A. He speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.”
A year ago, the EU branded China a ‘Systemic Rival’. The adoption of its Strategic Outlook was a watershed moment in EU policy towards the new global power. It sought to jointly address Beijing’s more assertive posture and growing footprint in Europe, while finding avenues of cooperation that could strengthen trust. The EU’s ten actions […]
In an op ed for the Suddeutsche Zeitung, Anders Fogh Rasmussen argues that China will use the Corona crisis to expand its power, especially through strategic investment. He warns the EU not to be naive to this epoch-making challenge, and to strengthen its own internal screening mechanism. Read the op ed in German here. An […]
The world is facing the worst global pandemic in generations. The human and economic tolls are already staggering, particularly in Asia and Europe. What started as a health crisis is rapidly turning into a major economic depression with long-lasting social and political effects. From an economic and geopolitical point of view, there will be […]
Anders Fogh Rasmussen: Hong Kong’s administration has backed down over the controversial extradition bill, but the canary in the coalmine of China’s tacit acceptance of democracy is already dead.
Writing in Germany’s Die Welt newspaper on 24th May 2018, Anders Fogh Rasmussen cautions that current differences between Germany and the USA should not lead Europe into an China’s embrace ‘with its eyes closed’. _ Two countries have drawn the most fire from President Trump over trade: China and Germany. As the leaders of the […]
Op ed by Anders Fogh Rasmussen published by Bloomberg View – 22nd March 2018 EU leaders should seize the trade crisis over steel and aluminium as an opportunity to present a bolder option by offering President Donald Trump — who prides himself on his dealmaking skills — a big free-trade bargain.
Writing in the Financial Times on the 21st November 2017, Rasmussen Global CEO Anders Fogh Rasmussen argued that EU Member States should take a more serious look at how China’s recent investment explosion in Europe could lead to strategic weaknesses, and questions about the rules-based open trading system.
The EU is lagging behind all other major industrialised nations in its response to China’s investment explosion in Europe’s sensitive sectors. Political consultancy Rasmussen Global has published new research today as EU countries and the European Parliament begin considering their response, with a clear policy divide emerging across the bloc. The policy memo highlights how Chinese […]
New protectionism or new European standards? CLASSIFICATION: EXTERNAL SOURCES: consultations with officials in Brussels and key European capitals; open sources Download the report in PDF here November 16th 2017 Executive Summary Chinese businesses have increased and diversified their direct investment at an exponential rate throughout Europe. In Germany alone, the increase was ten-fold in 2016 […]
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