This panel, titled "The Euro-Mediterranean Region and China: the role of Chinese trade in the centrality of the EuroMed," is the fourth of the workshop "A Strategic Nexus: the Euro-Mediterranean Region and China" organized by the ChinaMed Project and Formiche - in partnership with the Center for the Mediterranean Area Studies (CMAS) of Peking University, the Institute for Global Cooperation and Understanding (IGCU) of Peking University, the TOChina Hub of the University of Turin, the Georgetown Representative Office in Rome, the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies (MDC) and the Department of East Asian Studies of Tel Aviv University. This workshop aims to address trends and challenges of the growing interconnection between the Euro-Mediterranean Region and China, and its potential impact on regional and global dynamics.

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Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Massimo Deandreis

General Manager of SRM - Economic Research Center of Intesa Sanpaolo Banking Group

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Discussants:

Ms. Liao Fangli, PR Department of Tencent

Mr. Davide Cucino, Representative in Brussels for the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China

Mr. Ardian Hackaj, Director of Research at the Cooperation and Development Institute of Tirana; Coordinator of the Tirana Connectivity Forum

Mr. Simone Padoan, Coordinator of the Venice Tianjin Technology and Innovation Cooperation Platform

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Chair:

Prof. Giuseppe Gabusi, Assistant Professor of International Political Economy and Political Economy of East Asia at the University of Turin; Head of the "Asia Prospects" program at T.wai - Torino World Affairs Institute

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The summary of the event can be found here (in Italian).