Before we start, I would like to make a brief disclaimer.

Our guest speaker today is the executive director of the European Liberal Forum.

During the interview, I am occasionally referring to the Liberty

Forum. And even if it's all about freedom and liberties, the correct name of the organization

is European Liberal Forum, ELF. Hello and a very warm welcome to this episode of ESAB's Global Economy podcast. My name is Matthias Maurer, director here at ESAIP, and our guest today is Daniel Kaddick, the executive director of the European Liberty Forum.

And today we want to talk about the past and the future of EU-China relations.

But before we dive into the topic, let's briefly introduce Daniel and the organization he's

running here in Brussels.

Daniel, you are the executive director of the European Liberty Forum, an organization

advocating human rights, freedom, democracy,

equality, and respect for the rule of law. Could you tell us in a bit more detail what your

mission is and what role the European Liberty Forum takes in Europe's organized liberal movement.

Very good morning and Matthias, thank you so much for having me on the podcast.

Well, the European Liberal Forum is an interesting being, if you will.

You mentioned what we try to do and we can summarize it a little bit that we try to find liberal answers to European

questions. So our mission is very simple and that makes it also sometimes very hard. We want

to create a liberal future in the United Europe. And we as an organization have three branches,

if you will. We are a network of now

47 member organizations all across Europe, which also includes the UK, Turkey, and the South

Caucasus, the Western Balkans, of course. We are a think tank. That means we try to come up with

policy solutions with books, publication, policy papers,

but also discuss European matters during conferences.

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