Thematic Workshop held on “Chinese Investment in Europe: Entering an Uncharted Territory?”, (IWE CERS, Hungary)

A thematic workshop was held online on 14 December 2020, organized by the Center for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary and University College Cork, Ireland on 14 December 2020 at 10 am CET.

Programme (based on CET timezone): 

10.00-10.10 Opening
Dr. Agnes Szunomar, Head of CHERN Working Group I, Senior Research Fellow, Head of Research Group on Development Economics, IWE CERS and Associate professor, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
10.10-10.30 Unpacking EU policy-making towards China: Perspectives on the EU foreign
investment screening mechanism
Dr. Bas Hooijmaaijers, Assistant Professor and Chenhui Research Fellow, School of Advanced International and Area Studies, East China Normal University and Research Fellow, Leuven International and European Studies Institute, KU Leuven
10.30-10.50 Feeding China? The Politices of Chinese investment in European Agriculture
and Food Sector
Dr. Niall Duggan, Department of Government and Politics, University College Cork, Ireland
10.50-11.10 Sino-German cooperation in Agriculture and Food Sector
Dr. Eva Sternfeld, Advisor Science Dialogue and S&T Platform, Sino-German Agricultural Center (DCZ), Beijing, China
11.10-11.30 Chinese investment into European health sector
Anabela Santiago, PhD student of Public Policies, Social, Political and Territorial Sciences Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal
11.30-12.00 Joint discussion

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