ECFR’s Scorecard 2016 Special – Asia & China
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…
Experts & Staff
Agatha Kratz
Associate Director, Rhodium Group
ECFR Alumni · Associate Fellow
Areas of expertise
China’s economy and politics, Chinese foreign investments
Languages
French, English, Mandarin and German
Biography
Agatha Kratz used to be Associate Policy Fellow for ECFR’s Asia and China programme.
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
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
North Korea: a role for the EU on human rights
In a region full of competing hard powers, how can the EU play a significant role in North Korea?
China: Hitting the middle income wall
Worries over China’s economic performance in 2015 will continue into the future – and are breaking through into Chinese media
China: Waging ‘Lawfare’ on NGOs
China’s new law on NGOs will strengthen Beijing’s ability to supervise the work of foreign NGOs
China: Taking stock before the Paris climate conference
Cause for optimism on China ahead of Paris climate conference
Entretien avec François Godement et Agatha Kratz sur la dévaluation du yuan et ses conséquences sur l’économie mondiale.
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,…
Paying the China price: the costs of Chinese investment
The EU should not race to the bottom and match Chinese prices and standards but differentiate and provide quality rather than quantity in finance
Governing the Web
China is racing ahead with its internet revolution, with potentially huge ramifications for China’s surveillance state
BCM du 25 juin sur les réconciliations Chine/Japon et France/Allemagne avec Pr. Yoshihara et Marion Gaillard
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…
Publications
Circuit breakers: Securing Europe’s green energy supply chains
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
Home advantage: How China’s protected market threatens Europe’s economic power
The EU urgently needs to incorporate the concept and reality of the ‘protected home market advantage’ into its thinking on China
China and the Mediterranean: Open for business?
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…
China’s investment in influence: the future of 16+1 cooperation
Uneven progress towards “16+1” cooperation frustrates Chinese ambitions
Time’s up: China’s coming battle for 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
China, the yuan and the IMF: Double or quits?
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…
European Foreign Policy Scorecard 2016
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
China: Hitting the middle income wall
Worries over China’s economic performance in 2015 will continue into the future – and are breaking through into Chinese media
China: Waging ‘Lawfare’ on NGOs
China’s new law on NGOs will strengthen Beijing’s ability to supervise the work of foreign NGOs
China: Taking stock before the Paris climate conference
Cause for optimism on China ahead of Paris climate conference
Articles
Belgrade-Budapest via Beijing: A case study of Chinese investment in Europe
Host countries like Serbia have more clout with Beijing than you would think
Time’s up: China’s coming battle for market economy status
Two new publications from the European Council of Foreign Relations look at the real issues behind the question of market economy status
North Korea: a role for the EU on human rights
In a region full of competing hard powers, how can the EU play a significant role in North Korea?
Paying the China price: the costs of Chinese investment
The EU should not race to the bottom and match Chinese prices and standards but differentiate and provide quality rather than quantity in finance
Podcasts
China’s Economy – powerhouse, menace or next Japan?
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…
ECFR’s Scorecard 2016 Special – Asia & China
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…
Entretien avec François Godement et Agatha Kratz sur la dévaluation du yuan et ses conséquences sur l’économie mondiale.
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,…
BCM du 25 juin sur les réconciliations Chine/Japon et France/Allemagne avec Pr. Yoshihara et Marion Gaillard
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…
Events
15 Apr
Home advantage: China’s challenge to European industry
This is event will launch the new paper on the dynamic China’s market can have on European competitiveness
In the media
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