[Webinar] Capital Beat – Biden Administration’s China Policy and its impact on EU-China relations Go back »
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Time2021-02-03 | 14:00 - 15:30
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Venue:Online
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Address:Online
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Fee:Members: 150 |
Non Members: 200
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is pleased to invite you to the first of our Capital Beat events in 2021. Capital Beat is a regular seminar focusing on public affairs.
The Biden Administration’s inauguration has dominated international headlines, with business leaders, politicians and scholars discussing intensively what the next era of United States (US)-China relations would look like.
- Biden’s picks for his cabinet are a key indicator of the future policy direction of his administration, especially of its China policy. What do his choices tell us? What will be the Biden Administration's approach to relations with China? And what changes can be expected in terms of trade, foreign policy, response to the pandemic and economic recovery efforts?
- Due to the impact of the epidemic, the global economy has entered a deep recession. What should we expect from the global economic situation in 2021? As the two biggest economies, Sino-US economic and trade relations are an important part of the global economy. What changes will the new US government bring to these relations in 2021?
- How will the Chinese Government react to Biden’s China policy?
- What are people over-estimating or under-estimating about Biden’s China policy?
- How will Trump and Biden’s administrations differ on China?
- What areas could be easier or more difficult for the Chinese Government to work on with the new US Government?
For answers to these questions and more, join the discussion with Professor Zheng Yongnian, expert in international relations, foreign policy, Sino-US relations, China's internal transformation and external relations.
Agenda:
14:00-14:10: Introductory remarks by Joerg Wuttke, president, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
14:10-14:30: Research and insights on the Biden Administration’s China Policy, by Professor Zheng Yongnian, Presidential Chair Professor, Acting Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Science and Founding Director of the Advanced Institute of Global and Contemporary China Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
14:30-15:00 Engaging and Interactive Dialogue between Professor Zheng Yongnian and Mr. Matthew Margulies, Vice President, China Operations, US-China Business Council
15:00-15:30, Q&A session
Panel and Q&A session will be moderated by Jacob Gunter, Senior Policy & Communications Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
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Speakers
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. Yongnian Zheng
Professor ZHENG Yongnian is mainly engaged in the research of international relations, foreign policy, Sino-US relations, China's internal transformation and external relations.
Graduated from Peking University (BA in International Relations, 1981–1985 & MA in Political Science, 1985–1988) and Princeton University (MA & PhD in Political Science, 1990–1995), Professor ZHENG served as the former director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore (2008–2019), and the former research director and professor of the China Policy Institute, University of Nottingham (2005–2008).
Professor ZHENG is co-editor of the Series on Contemporary China (World Scientific Publishing) and editor of the China Policy Series (Routledge). He was also the founding editor of China: An International Journal.
His papers have been published in journals such as Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Third World Quarterly and China Quarterly.
Besides his research work, Professor Zheng has also been an academic activist. He served as a consultant to the United Nation Development Programme on China’s rural development and democracy. He has also been advising the Chinese Government at different levels on various areas of reform and development.
Mr. Matthew Margulies
Matthew Margulies is vice president of China operations for the US-China Business Council. In this role in Beijing, he oversees USCBC’s government affairs and advocacy strategy in China and provides policy analysis oversight. Most recently, he worked as director of the US Chamber of Commerce’s China Center, where he was responsible for promoting and executing US Chamber advocacy and programs relating to US trade and investment policy. Prior to that he was China Practice Lead and Senior China Analyst for Crumpton Group LLC, a boutique strategic analysis and political risk consulting firm, as well as in roles with USCBC based in Washington, DC, and with the Chinese state-owned enterprise China Unicom Group.
Mr. Jacob Gunter
As senior policy and communications manager at the European Chamber, Jacob leads on a variety of publications, media issues, policy analysis and high-level messaging. Jacob has led on and overseen key European Chamber publications, including thematic reports like, Decoupling: Severed Ties and Patchwork Globalisation, the BRI focused, The Road Less Travelled, and the audit of China’s reform agenda after President Xi’s Davos speech in 2017, 18 Months Since Davos, as well as the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Executive Position Papers and Business Confidence Surveys, as well as many of the Chamber’s Local Position Papers. Prior to working at the European Chamber, Jacob completed his Masters degree in international studies at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Centre for Sino-American Studies.