Please join the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center and Global China Hub on Friday, June 23 at 10:30 a.m. ET / 16:30 CET for a conversation with experts from across Europe and the United States to examine different strategies and areas for transatlantic cooperation on economic policy towards China.

Following two turbulent years for Europe and the United States, attention is rapidly shifting towards the geopolitical challenge China poses, and the concept of de-risking has become a central tenet of transatlantic strategy towards China. From the recent EU-US Trade and Technology Council meeting in Sweden to the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, the transatlantic partnership is debating a strategy based on “de-risking, not decoupling” from China. However, an agreed-upon approach to de-risking, across the Atlantic and even within Europe, has thus far been elusive. While US President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have consistently embraced a de-risking strategy, some European leaders worry that von der Leyen is moving too quickly and too expansively in her attempt to reduce the EU’s dependence on China. China remains a – if not the most – vital market for many EU and US companies, such as in emerging technology fields, highlighting the critical importance of forging a joint strategy to improve transatlantic resilience.