Earlier this year, the Chinese company Catl, the largest battery maker in the world, unveil Electric vehicle battery (EV) is able to provide 520 km (323 miles) of the driving range just five minutes after charging.

This advertisement came a month after BYD, the leading company in China, EV in China, Firing High -speed fast charging system. Also in solar energy, amazing numbers: Chinese companies can now produce them 1200 GB From solar panels annually.

These exploits are the product of the Global Green-Tech, which is led by China with a wide margin. Some framing this as a problem of increasing the Chinese supply. But there is another way to look at it, that the rest of the world does not spread these technologies quickly enough. While the green manufacturing engine in China works at a high speed, others fall behind.

Given this, Europe faces a strategic choice. It can respond to the defensive industrial policy: securing supply chains, raising definitions, and an useless attempt to catch up. Or it can make the joint competitiveness agenda, which would allow Europe to use its strengths-setting rules, building alliance, setting rules-formation of the publishing environment, setting standards, and directing green investment frameworks.

Despite the collapse of relations between the European Union and China in recent years, the idea of ​​cooperation in clean trade and investment is not far -reaching. Climate transmission is the political and economic challenge specified in the twenty -first century.

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Both Europe and China have mortgaged their future for green growth. To make it a profitable bet, and pick up the full benefits of carbon removal, they must find a common cause of clean trade and investment-one of the few areas where strategic interest and global public goods are still converging.

On this front, the European Union and China are interconnected: if Europe is pumping rest periods on the non -carbon, they have been cut off by Chinese origins, while China may face revenge if it refuses to cooperate or agree with international standards. The question now is whether they can construct their interconnection.

Benefiting from the narrow window to create a climate partnership requires a deal that enhances the basic economic interests of each government. For the European Union, this means reducing dependence on Chinese imports while raising the value chain. For China, this means maintaining access to a high -value export market in a changing global commercial environment. Success requires pragmatism on both sides.

Whether the European Union and China can cooperate effectively depend on several factors. First, they must reach an agreement on local content requirements. The European Union must target local production of at least 40 percent of green technologies by 2030-not only low-wage assembly, but activities of higher value such as research and development-creating job opportunities and building flexibility.

Second, any partnership must open the door for joint projects, which helped China reach technological borders and actually appear in the European Union battery sectors and cars. If these partnerships are properly organized, these mutual gains can be paid while building cooperation in long -term industrial strategies.

Third, commercial measures must be calibrated carefully. While the European Union has imposed a large tariff like 45.3 per cent On Chinese EVS, import barriers alone cannot bridge competitive gaps. At best, they can complete strategic policy efforts such as local content rules and industrial partnerships. If it is performed poorly, they may weaken the technological situation of Europe, rather than buying time to catch China.

Fourth, navigation plans are needed. Some European Union member states have started restricting visas for Chinese engineers. This is short. Empowering European companies to host Chinese talent and vice versa will ensure research and development, not just the final assembly, in Europe.

Ultimately, finding a way to cooperate in carbon removal efforts would lead to economic and geopolitical profits for both sides. Cooperation with China would enhance the elasticity of the European Union, enhance its industrial sector, and enhance the bloc as a leader in clean technology. China will be able to empty the surplus of green commodities, safe access to the markets, and refer to the world, although the United States is retracting climate work, it is still intended for green growth.

The European Union and China are more aligned than many. They are both net imported fuel. Both are the main products of zero carbon technologies, and thus have an interest in maintaining global demand for green products. Amid the increasing uncertainty, both are betting on the transmission of energy as the most applicable path to competitiveness and innovation.

This opportunity window will not remain open forever. While meeting the scientific and political timetables, the coming months are very important to maintain the world on the correct path of fulfillment with the aim of the climate agreement in Paris 1.5 degrees Celsius. The last Chinese European Union Summit I laid the foundation For close cooperation in carbon removal. However, the pressure is also escalated to provide 2035 climate goals before the Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Next meeting From the European Union Council in September, under the Danish presidency, it will be pivotal.

With the presence of many European countries – most notably France – pushing an industrial plan and a clearer investment before Commitment To a strong goal to reduce emissions 2035, the heads of state and government in the European Union must set a framework to transform the industry at the September meeting. An important part of this plan will be how to engage the mass with China.

By overcoming the belief that the new must be built before the gradual disposal of the old, Europe has begun to follow the China’s strategy. But to do this, it should also learn from the coherent and systematic implementation in China, which focuses on long -term planning through the entire clean technology chain.

China must also climb with the target of 2035 emissions as an ambition that is in line with its pure goal 2060-and this means almost 30 percent Decrease from peak emissions, which are expected to be reached in this contract. This would enhance its international credibility and help create space for the powerful goal of the European Union.

Both Europe and China have mortgaged their future for green growth. To make it a profitable bet, and pick up the full benefits of carbon removal, they must find a common cause of clean trade and investment-one of the few areas where strategic interest and global public goods are still converging.

Emmanuel Guerin is a colleague and special advisor to the CEO of the European Climate Corporation. Bernis Lee is a distinguished colleague and a private consultant in Chatham House.

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