[Webinar] EU Strategic Manoeuvring Amongst Rising US-China Tensions – What’s next? Go back »
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Time2020-06-15 | 17:00 - 18:00
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Venue:Zoom - Online Platform
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Fee:Members: 100 RMB |
Non Members: 150 RMB
Great power hostility has not diminished even amidst a world pandemic. How is Europe preparing its strategic landscape while balancing this hostility and current state of turmoil in US-China relations?
A step forward with the US-China trade deal is nowhere in sight, the ever-growing blame game between US and China, the current administration’s threats of leaving the WTO, and uncertainty in US elections, pushes Europe into dangerous territory – remaining strategic allies with the US but also wanting to increase business and investment with China. This is becoming increasingly evident as US expands its security involvement in Europe, and China has its advantages for economic growth; thus, European economies need to push past possible decoupling and focus on opportunities ahead. European implementation of its strategy and tools in this geopolitical US-China environment is ever so critical to its defense against economic coercion and strong stance against tackling European business’ challenges in China.
On Monday 15th June from 17::00 to 18:00 (GMT+8), European Chamber President Joerg Wuttke, APCO Worldwide's Chairman Greater China Region Chairman, Jim McGregor and Senior fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund and co-author of the soon-to-be-published book "Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World", Mareike Ohlberg will lead a webinar discussion to examine the current state of the EU-US-China triangle and what lies ahead.
Agenda
- Opening Words by Joerg Wuttke, President, European Chamber
- Engaging and Interactive Dialogue with speakers
- Q&A Session (around 30 mins)
Views expressed by invited speakers do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
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Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.
Mr. James McGregor
Mr. James McGregor
James McGregor is Greater China Chairman for APCO Worldwide, and author of two highly regarded books: No Ancient Wisdom, No Followers: The Challenges of Chinese Authoritarian Capitalism, published in October 2012, and One Billion Customers: Lessons from the Front Lines of Doing Business in China, published in 2005. He was a veteran reporter for The Wall Street Journal, and prior to joining APCO he was founder and CEO of a China-focused consulting and research firm for hedge funds. He also held previous roles as a senior advisor for Ogilvy Public Relations China and the China managing partner for GIV Venture Partners, a venture capital fund that focused on technology and Internet investments in China and India. In 2014, he received a SABRE Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement from The Holmes Group.
Mr. McGregor was a reporter in the Washington bureau of Knight-Ridder newspapers during the Reagan administration. After serving as the Taiwan bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal from 1987 to 1990 and China bureau chief from 1990 to 1994, he spent seven years building Dow Jones’ media business in China as CEO of Dow Jones’ China. During this time, he established CNBC in China and created the Chinese language Web site of wsj.com, Dow Jones’ Chinese-language newswires, Chinese stock-market indexes and the first weekly business-television show in China. He was also a Series A investor in Sohu.com and served on the Sohu board for several years. After successfully preventing Xinhua News Agency from obtaining a monopoly on financial information in China, he received the Barney Kilgore award, Dow Jones’ highest employee accolade.
Mr. McGregor is a professional speaker, regular television and radio commentator and a contributor of essays and opinion articles for a variety of publications. He has lived in China for more than two decades, and can speak and read Chinese. He was an active member of the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham) for nearly a decade and served as chairman in 1996. He is currently chairman of the U.S. Government Relations Committee for AmCham. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Atlantic Council, a Global Council member of the Asia Society, a board member of the U.S.-China Education Trust and a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.
Ms. Mareike Ohlberg
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Ms. Mareike Ohlberg
Mareike Ohlberg is a senior fellow in the Asia Program of the German Marshall Fund. She previously worked at the Mercator Institute for China Studies, where she co-authored the landmark report 'Authoritarian Advance: Responding to China’s Growing Political Influence in Europe'. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, Foreign Affairs and Neue Zürcher Zeitung. In September her book “Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World” will published