Joris Teer's Chaillot Paper highlighted in the South China Morning Post & Morning Post Europe

Joris Teer's Chaillot Paper, 'Beijing’s critical raw material weapon – And how to dismantle it', was highlighted in a South China Morning Post article analysing what is at stake in the Trump–Xi May 2026 summit from a European perspective. 

According to Joris, China's raw material export controls are like a "geoeconomic assassin's mace" that "hangs over" every negotiation the EU undertakes with Beijing, showing that Europe is not merely collateral damage in the US-China trade war.

The Chaillot Paper was also cited in a Morning Post Europe piece examining how Europe fell into China's critical raw materials "trap". Joris warned that Europe is "nowhere close" to overcoming its dependence on China within the next decade, adding that a Europe-alone approach is impossible given that developing a new mine in developed countries takes more than 20 years on average. Instead, he argued, the EU should invest in mining and refining facilities in a coordinated manner with the G7 countries and other partners.