Europe and China's economic relationship remains crucial for both sides, which has been especially strained by recent geoeconomic developments. US trade policy and the cascading retaliatory dynamics it has triggered have created disruptions that pose serious challenges for both sides. Yet, the diplomatic channels through which trust might be rebuilt are themselves under pressure. 

This roundtable brings together business representatives, thought leaders and officials in a setting designed for open exchanges rather than positioning. It explores how relations between European and Chinese actors can be stabilized and fostered, what is needed for this to happen, and whether progressive actors on both sides still share enough common ground to act upon it.