The Bridge Tank at the Sustainable Belt and Road and China-EU Innovation Development Forum
On the 4th and 5th of November 2018, the Sustainable Belt and Road & China-EU Innovation Development Forum took place, following the partnership signed between The Bridge Tank and the Chinese Academy of Science. During this forum, the president of The Bridge Tank, Joël Ruet, took part in a roundtable with Chinese, European and African speakers.
The Bridge Tank contributes to the Horasis “China Meeting” 2018 in Kiev
Between the 14th and the 16th of October 2018, the Horasis China Meeting took place in Kyiv, Ukraine. It was co-hosted by the China Federation of Industrial Economics.
Joël Ruet intervened in a panel entitled “Understanding China’s Future Plans”. He insisted on the importance of know-how transfer for local development, rather than simply foreign investment, and argued that China’s belt and road initiative led to a growing attraction of national and foreign talents.
Joël Ruet attends the Hope Foundation Annual Gala Dinner in New York, chaired by Irina Bokova
During the United Nations’ General Assembly in New York, between the 25th September and the 5th October 2018, Joël Ruet attended the annual Hope Foundation Dinner Gala on the 27th of September.
The Foundation, chaired by Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO and member of the Bridge Tank’s board, awarded Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou a prize for his actions to maintain security in the Sahelian region and integrate different ethnicities and communities in the national governance of Niger.
The Bridge Tank at the annual meeting of the Western Returned Scholars Association
On September 17-18, 2018, the annual meeting of the Western Returned Scholars Association (WRSA) took place in Xi’An, China. This association, which was created in 1913, counts over 40,000 scholars and is chaired by Chen Zhu, Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and former Chinese Minister of Health.
Joël Ruet, President of The Bridge Tank, took part in the Franco-Chinese Cultural Forum organised by the association. As one of its co-founders, The Bridge Tank also attended the inauguration of the new Belt and Road Research Institute of the WRSA. This institute focuses on three pillars, two of which the Bridge Tank made recommendations on, i.e. energy transition and the diversity of globalisation.
On the occasion of the inauguration, Joël Ruet was pleased to meet again with chairman Chen Zhu.
Joël Ruet speaks as guest on CGTN’s ‘Dialogue’ on the 2018 FOCAC China-Africa Summit
As the 2018 edition of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation FOCAC begins, Joël Ruet joins the roundtable on CGTN’s ‘Dialogue’ to discuss the implications of Chinese investment in Africa.
Watch his intervention here.
The Bridge Tank delegation contributes to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation 2018 edition in Beijing
The Heads of States Forum on China-Africa Cooperation took place the 3rd and 4th of September 2018.
The Bridge Tank was represented by its chairman Joël Ruet and two of its associate experts, William Nkontchou, Director at Emerging Capital Partners and Member of Choiseul Africa, and Zhang Yang, expert on China-Europe-Africa cooperation. They took part in the high-level discussion between Chinese – African leaders and business communities, notably with leaders of the most prominent China-Africa Funds, discussing Chinese investments in Africa and Chinese loans to Africa, as well as the lack of equity investment on the continent by Chinese companies
Joël Ruet also took part in the official program of the national television channel CGTN on that occasion, and exchanged with Yang Rui, in CGTN most sought after Policy show, « Dialogue ».
Our Board member, Minister Hamed Semega, High Commissionner of the OMVS, the riverine international organization of the Senegal River Basin, was also present as part of the official delegation.
Energy Transition: An Opportunity to Improve the Industrialisation of Territories
Energy transition towards low-carbon production models, underway at the global level, is appearing to many as a driver of industrial growth. This Policy Brief highlights that this is only possible by combining the innovation and revitalization of industrial sectors historically present in the concerned areas.
To meet the challenge of a successful energy transition, we cannot ignore the specific industrial trajectories of each area. We should actually capitalise on these historical resources in order to benefit from new, ‘clean’, and inexhaustible resources.
This Policy Brief puts forward the systemic factors that appear to be indispensable for the ‘integrated’ success of energy transition. It leans particularly on the Brazilian example and on the potential for cogeneration within the reach of the sugar cane agribusiness and wind energy industries. The French example is also a good prism through which to understand the importance of ethical industrial trajectories that continue to make sense today in the diversification of the national energy mix, reflected by the shipbuilding industry and the role it plays in the development of renewable marine energy. More in french…
Joël Ruet analyses the current trade war between the US and China on France24
Joël Ruet analyses the current trade war between the US and China on France24. Seasoned Chinese negotiators threaten back the US on trade: from trade battles to a trade war, or showing muscles before saving the supply chains?
Watch his intervention here.
Tribune: To finance the COP21 promise, Europe must establish a carbon tax on imports
In the wake of the COP21, August 5, 2018, The Bridge Tank: Philippe Coste, Hakima El Haite, our board members and Joël Ruet, our President, wrote an opinion piece with climate policy specialist Axel Michaelowa on the need to establish a carbon tax on imports.
Read the article (in French) here