The rise of China is one of the fundamental challenges for both the US-EU. Although no longer aiming for decoupling as under the Trump administration, the US under President Joe Biden still sees itself in ‘strategic competition’ with China, while the European Commission has identified China as a ‘systemic rival’. However, differences remain between Europe and US on the scale of the challenge, and also within the EU over the desired level of economic and political engagement with China and over policy responses on the national, bilateral and global levels
A briefing paper published by Chatham House examines China and the transatlantic relationship and looks at four different policy areas – trade and investment, digital technology, climate change and the global commons