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Europe and China: Facing our common challenges

On 16 June ECFR China expert Francois Godement is participating in a conference on "Europe/China: Facing our common challenges" organised by the French Directorate-general of the Treasury in Paris.

This high-level event, the first of an annual series of "Treasury Talks" hosted by Christine Lagarde, the French Minister of the Economy, Industry and Employment, brings together a panel of distinguished speakers, including: Dominique Strauss-Kahn (Managing Director of the IMF), Anne-Marie Idrac (French Minister of State for Trade), David O'Sullivan (Director-General for Trade at the European Commission), Kong Quan (Chinese Ambassador to France),  and Jean-Pierre Raffarin (former French Prime Minister).

Francois Godement's presentation will focus on "Europe/ China: towards a special relationship in globalisation". 

The event is being streamed live in French, English and Chinese.

You can download the full programme here. 

For more...

Read Francois Godement's latest policy paper, A global China policy, where he says China is a huge foreign policy challenge for the EU. 

Listen to a podcast with Francois Godement where he talks about the paper. Click here for the audio.