John SEAMAN
Research Fellow, Center for Asian Studies
Research Interests:
- Chinese energy and raw materials policy
- Geopolitics and political economy of Asia
- U.S.-China and Europe-China relations
- Geopolitics of the energy and digital transitions
- Chinese industrial strategy and foreign policy
- Critical raw materials (esp. Rare Earth Elements)
- Technical standardization
John Seaman specializes in the geopolitics and political economy of East Asia and on China’s relations with Europe and the United States. He also conducts research on China's industrial strategy and foreign policy, the geopolitics of the energy and digital transitions, and the political economy of critical raw materials.
Mr. Seaman joined Ifri in 2009. He holds a Master in International Affairs from Sciences Po, Paris, a Bachelor of Arts in International Economics from Seattle University, and studied as a NSEP David L. Boren Scholar at the Beijing Center for Chinese Studies (2002-03). He was an International Research Fellow with Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS) in Tokyo (2013-18).
Analysis from 19 countries reveals the complexities of Europe’s relations with China amid the Covid-19 crisis.
China is rapidly emerging as a formidable power in the development of technical standards, transforming the international standard-setting landscape and reintroducing an element of geopolitics into what are too often considered as benign, technical processes.
Navigating the mounting tensions between the United States and China is a geopolitical minefield. Is Europe up to the challenge?
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, if not from the birth of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) itself, relations with United States have proven to be a central factor in China’s strategic calculus and a major driver of Chinese foreign policy. Indeed, America’s...
How Can Europe Shift from Back Foot to Front Foot?
China increasingly sees its flagship foreign policy project as a tool for restructuring global governance and a vector for promoting a new form of globalization.
China’s dominance in the production of rare earth elements symbolizes the competition for once obscure sets of mineral resources in our increasingly digital, low carbon world.
What role do political values play in Europe-China relations 70 years after the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
The Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum announced by the United States in March would, if applied, have little direct impact on the French economy, but rather point toward a broader trend of protectionism and economic nationalism and a widening gap in transatlantic relations that is...
Chinese investments in Europe have surged in recent years, becoming both a source of hope and growing concern across the continent.
Sur le marché des terres rares, dont le chiffre d'affaires annuel avoisine 4 milliards de dollars (3,2 milliards d'euros), pour une production de 130 000 tonnes, la Chine détient aujourd'hui un quasi-monopole. Ces matériaux sont cruciaux pour les secteurs de pointe,...
L'Organisation mondiale du commerce met en place un groupe de concertation pour régler le différend qui oppose la Chine à un front constitué des États-Unis, du Japon et de l'Union européenne sur la question des terres rares. Pékin est accusé d'imposer des quotas et des...
Face à l'envolée des prix et à une demande mondiale croissante en terres rares, comment les pays occidentaux peuvent-ils contrecarrer la Chine, leader incontesté sur le marché?
...Les Etats-Unis, l'Union européenne et le Japon attaquent la Chine devant l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), l'accusant de restreindre les exportations de «terres rares». Ces métaux, indispensables aux produits de haute technologie, sont un enjeu économique et...
Terres rares : le monopole chinois pourrait asphyxier les hautes technologies occidentales Atlantico
Le Japon, les Etats-Unis et l'Union européenne ont porté plainte mardi contre la Chine devant l'OMC. En cause, les nouveaux quotas à l'export des terres rares de Pékin. L'inquiétude des plaignants est légitime : ces ressources, produites à plus de 90% par la Chine, sont...
Les Etats-Unis, l'Union européenne et le Japon ont porté plainte, mardi 13 mars, contre la Chine auprès de l'Organisation mondiale du Commerce (OMC) pour ses pratiques "déloyales" sur les exportations de métaux appelés "terres rares".
...Les «terres rares», dix-sept minerais indispensables à la fabrication de nos téléphones portables ou de nos écrans plats, que l'on exploite au fin fond de la Chine dans des conditions dignes de Germinal. Plongée dans un monde interdit, très loin de celui de la...
En cette période festive et faste, alors que les gadgets dernier cri se vendent comme des petits pains, le sujet des terres rares revient sur la table.
...China wants to use its monopoly over global rare earth supplies to win the race for clean energy technology that depends on the metals, but it is a strategy that could backfire, costing Beijing its advantage.