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Time2021-01-15 | 10:30 - 11:55
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Venue:The Westin Bund Center Shanghai , 3rd floor, Topaz
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With the future of globalisation now teetering on the edge of a precipice, the European Chamber in partnership with MERICS are publishing a joint report on the current and potential costs of decoupling. The report covers four main themes of decoupling, broken down across nine sections: macro (political and financial); trade (supply chains and critical inputs); innovation (standards and R&D); and data and networks (data, network equipment and telecommunications services).
Some pinpoint the Trump Administration’s opening shots in the US-China trade war as the moment that decoupling really began. However, the US’ actions were predated by decoupling trends that had started several years before. China’s self-reliance campaign in strategic, high-technology sectors has been in motion for years, and was given a shot in the arm more than half a decade ago when the China Manufacturing 2025 initiative was first announced. Seemingly vindicated by the US-China trade and tech war, China’s leaders have doubled down on the self-reliance campaign, further exacerbating the trend towards decoupling and triggering a race to the bottom.
European companies operating in China have already been impacted in various ways. Many fear that a continuation along this perilous route towards a complete fracturing of economic and technological ties between the US and China may sound the death knell for their China business or force them into a ‘dual-track’ approach to technology and supply chains, either of which will cause irrecoverable damage to their global operations and home markets alike.
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China is delighted to invite you to the launch of the Decoupling Report on 15th January 2021 at 10:00am in person at The Westin Bund Center, Shanghai.
Agenda
10:00-10:30 Registration and Networking
10:30-10:40 Welcome Remarks
10:40-11:00 Presentation of the Decoupling Report by Joerg Wuttke, President, European Union Chamber of Commerce in
China
11:00-11:45 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Mattie Bekink, China Director, Economist Corporate Network at The Economist Intelligence Unit
(The EIU)
- Bruno Weill, Chief Group Representative for China BNP Paribas (China) Ltd.
- Clas Neumann, Advisory Council Member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China and
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the German Chamber of Commerce in China | Shanghai
- Jacob Gunter, Senior Policy and Communications Manager, European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
11:45-11:55 Closing Remarks
If you are from the reporting press, please contact Mrs. Rachel Rapaport at rrapaport@europeanchamber.com.cn.
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Speakers
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Mr. Jörg Wuttke
Jörg Wuttke is Vice President and Chief Representative of BASF China, based in Beijing. Since joining BASF in 1997, Mr. Wuttke has been responsible for helping guide the company’s investment strategies for China, negotiation of large projects and government relations.
Previous to joining BASF, Mr. Wuttke worked with ABB for 11 years; in fact his first professional encounter with China was in 1988 as the Finance and Administration Manager of ABB Beijing. In 1990, he returned to Germany as Sales Manager of ABB Power Plants Division, responsible for gas turbine sales to Africa and Russia. In 1993, he became Chief Representative ABB China in Shanghai and in 1994 moved to the President's Office of ABB China in Beijing, where he was responsible for the development and financing of large projects.
From 2001 to 2004 Mr. Wuttke was the Chairman of the German Chamber of Commerce in China. From 2007 to 2010, 2014 to 2017, and since May 2019 again he is the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China
From 2011 to 2019, Mr. Wuttke was Chairman of the BIAC China Task Force of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC), a Paris based body of major business associations that lobbies the OECD.
From 2013 to 2016, and again since 2019 Mr. Wuttke is Vice Chairman of the CPCIF International Cooperation Committee, a group representing Multinational Companies in China’s Chemical Association.
Since its establishment in 2013, Mr. Wuttke is member of the Advisory Board of Germany’s foremost Think Tank on China, Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS), in Berlin.
In January 2019 Mr. Wuttke joined the International Board of the Stars Foundation, in Switzerland. stars - for Leaders of the Next Generation.
Mr. Bruno Weill
Mr. Bruno Weill
Since November 2014, Bruno Weill has been the Chief Group Representative for China of BNP Paribas. He contributes to the definition of the Group’s strategy and coordinates all its activities in China. He represents the Group as a director or supervisor at the Board of most BNP Paribas’ wholly-owned legal entities and joint ventures in China. He is also the Group Executive Sponsor for a few Chinese and International strategic clients in China.
After his baccalaureate in Spain, Bruno completed a Master degree in Physics before graduating from the French engineering École des Mines de Paris. He started his career in the mining industry in South Africa, in petroleum applied-research in Belgium and in consulting in France and in the United States.
However, since he joined BNP Paribas Group in 1989, Bruno has dedicated his professional career to the banking industry. He started in Paris at Inspection Générale and then joined Project Finance before been promoted in Singapore as project finance head of South East Asia and then deputy head Asia. In 1999, Bruno returned to Paris and was appointed as global senior relationship manager of several large multinational companies. In 2004, in Hong Kong, he was named head of Financial Institutions Group for Asia and managed teams of investment bankers in seven Asia-Pacific countries.
In 2009, Bruno moved to Nanjing as executive vice president of the Chinese listed bank, the Bank of Nanjing. He led the transformation of the cooperation to a broad strategic partnership based on business complementarities (particularly in the areas of consumer finance, corporate banking, financial markets, and so on).
Ms. Mattie Bekink
Ms. Mattie Bekink
Mattie Bekink is responsible for the Economist Intelligence Corporate Network’s China strategy, including programme development and client engagement across China.
Ms Bekink has extensive experience in the public, private and policy sectors. Prior to joining The Economist Group, she was the Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in the Netherlands. She also ran an eponymous consulting business, advising businesses, universities and non-profit organisations on China policy, strategy, public affairs, and CSR. Ms Bekink practiced law at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, has worked with the US-Asia Law Initiative at NYU Law School and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative China Program, and served in the legal department at General Motors China.
Ms Bekink has a BA in International Relations from Stanford University and a JD from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Clas Neumann
Mr. Clas Neumann
Clas Neumann is Global Head of the SAP Labs Network since 2009, and has been leading the Fast Growth Market Strategy team since 2013. In his role as Labs Head, Neumann acts as the central coordinator of all network activities. In his role as Head Fast Growth Market Strategy he leads the investments for SAP’s growth markets in Africa, China, Middle-East and Russia. Neumann has co-authored different books & article son innovation in emerging markets and been recognized through different awards for his engagement in society and business.
Mr. Jacob Gunter
Mr. Jacob Gunter
As senior policy and communications manager at the European Chamber, Jacob leads on a variety of publications, media issues, policy analysis and high-level messaging. Jacob has led on and overseen key European Chamber publications, including thematic reports like, Decoupling: Severed Ties and Patchwork Globalisation, the BRI focused, The Road Less Travelled, and the audit of China’s reform agenda after President Xi’s Davos speech in 2017, 18 Months Since Davos, as well as the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Executive Position Papers and Business Confidence Surveys, as well as many of the Chamber’s Local Position Papers. Prior to working at the European Chamber, Jacob completed his Masters degree in international studies at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Centre for Sino-American Studies.