Associate Director, Rhodium Group
ECFR Alumni · Associate Fellow
China’s economy and politics, Chinese foreign investments
French, English, Mandarin and German
Agatha Kratz used to be Associate Policy Fellow for ECFR’s Asia and China programme.
Europeans risk over-dependence on China for the green technologies needed to build the low-carbon economy of the future. They should take steps to reduce their exposure – while recognising they will have to work with Chinese suppliers in some instances
The EU urgently needs to incorporate the concept and reality of the ‘protected home market advantage’ into its thinking on China
This is event will launch the new paper on the dynamic China’s market can have on European competitiveness
Introduction Partnering with China on its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, also known as the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI), is often like looking at…
Uneven progress towards “16+1” cooperation frustrates Chinese ambitions
Host countries like Serbia have more clout with Beijing than you would think
Two new publications from the European Council of Foreign Relations look at the real issues behind the question of market economy status
The China analysis draws on Chinese sources to assess how the issue looks from China, teasing out the common ground, and points of disagreement
The headwinds of a rapidly aging population, a battle against rampant corruption and an enormous national debt are also slowing China's growth. Will the country…
China faces a stark choice: double down or back down on market reforms in order to achieve its long-held ambition of establishing the yuan…
Europeans risk over-dependence on China for the green technologies needed to build the low-carbon economy of the future. They should take steps to reduce their exposure – while recognising they will have to work with Chinese suppliers in some instances
The EU urgently needs to incorporate the concept and reality of the ‘protected home market advantage’ into its thinking on China
Introduction Partnering with China on its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative, also known as the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI), is often like looking at…
Uneven progress towards “16+1” cooperation frustrates Chinese ambitions
The China analysis draws on Chinese sources to assess how the issue looks from China, teasing out the common ground, and points of disagreement
China faces a stark choice: double down or back down on market reforms in order to achieve its long-held ambition of establishing the yuan…
The sixth ECFR Foreign Policy Scorecard highlights the EU’s diminishing ability to influence its neighbours, and the neighbourhood’s growing impact on the EU
Worries over China’s economic performance in 2015 will continue into the future – and are breaking through into Chinese media
China’s new law on NGOs will strengthen Beijing’s ability to supervise the work of foreign NGOs
Cause for optimism on China ahead of Paris climate conference
Host countries like Serbia have more clout with Beijing than you would think
Two new publications from the European Council of Foreign Relations look at the real issues behind the question of market economy status
In a region full of competing hard powers, how can the EU play a significant role in North Korea?
The EU should not race to the bottom and match Chinese prices and standards but differentiate and provide quality rather than quantity in finance
The headwinds of a rapidly aging population, a battle against rampant corruption and an enormous national debt are also slowing China's growth. Will the country…
Agatha Kratz, Associate Fellow for ECFR's Asia and China programme, explains why the EU received a C+ for its foreign policies on Asia and…
Tara Varma, coordinatrice du bureau parisien de l'ECFR, s'est entretenue avec François Godement, directeur du programme Asie & Chine de l'ECFR, et Agatha Kratz,…
L'ECFR Paris a invité le Pr. Yoshihara du think-tank Asia Forum Japan (AFJ) et Marion Gaillard, maître de conférences à Sciences Po Paris et…
This is event will launch the new paper on the dynamic China’s market can have on European competitiveness
The German newspaper refers to ECFR’s policy brief on green energy supply chains
The newspaper refers to Janka Oertel’s and Agatha Kratz’s paper on China’s home advantage
Janka Oertel’s and Agatha Kratz’s joint paper, taking aim at the increasingly unfair advantages that the protected home market system gives China, was quoted in the Financial Times
The growing disadvantage weakens Europe. Especially in areas that are crucial for its future economy and security, from energy to telecommunications
The new ECFR study shows Beijing’s method of shaping domestic companies into industrial champions
Agatha Kratz quoted in Le Monde about Europe's fear of the Chinese CRRC