China and Germany renewed high level financial talks in Germany in which both sides reached agreement on some 25 topics. Increasing cooperation in insurance and banking, and expanding mutual market access were high on the agenda. What is the state of China-Germany economic relations right now? Is Germany de-risking from China? And how are China and the EU working to arrive at better pragmatic financial cooperation? Guests in this edition are, Prof. Iain Begg from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Prof. Liu Baocheng at the University of International Business and Economics, and Prof. Qu Qiang, research fellow at Beijing Foreign Studies University.