Is China making its green stride forward? Listen to Chief Economist and Bruegel Senior Fellow, Alicia García-Herrero.
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As the world faces the dual challenges of addressing climate change and navigating geopolitical tensions, cooperation on climate goals is under threat. China’s role in green technology has made it a vital player, but it is also increasingly seen as a rival, or even a threat, by other global powers.
Electric vehicles (EVs) have become the latest flashpoint, with the United States and European Union imposing punitive tariffs on Chinese EV imports, intensifying trade disputes.
This week on the podcast, Richard Howitt speaks with Alicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis and Senior Fellow at Bruegel, joining from Hong Kong. Drawing on her extensive expertise, Alicia discusses how the EU can navigate its growing reliance on Chinese green tech and craft a competitive industrial strategy.
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"The EU needs to be loud and clear as to what they are offering. We need to realize that this needs to be done under a different hat: one of partnership, one where everybody has the same say. And that's very different from China. China has a hub and spoke approach. China is at the center and talks to everybody, but nobody talks to each other. If we don’t try to show that what we offer is more encompassing or perhaps even more rewarding in terms of job creation and welfare creation for these countries, then it is a lost battle."
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What is the business case for protecting the environment? Listen to Andreas Beckmann, Regional CEO at WWF Central and Eastern Europe
Has the German LkSG worked so far? Listen to Finn Schufft, Corporate Responsibility Officer at Germanwatch and Emirali Karadoğan, Researcher and Trade Union Expert for the Turkish trade union Tez-Koop-İş
Will the European Grid Package secure the EU's energy transition? Listen to Alina Laszlo-Orth, Head of EU Affairs at E.ON and Tereza Fialová, lawyer at the Responsible Energy Team at Frank Bold
