Mathieu Duchatel is director of international studies with Institut Montaigne, a Paris-based think tank, and Georgina Wright is deputy director of international studies. They are the authors of "China's Extraterritoriality: A New Stage of Lawfare."
In an era marked by strategic competition, mass subsidies and weakened multilateral institutions, governments are increasingly applying their laws beyond their borders to secure their interests. This practice is known as extraterritoriality. Economic security is a priority for the new European Commission. Over the next five years, it has promised to protect the European Union from market distortion, technology theft and coercion. It will also look at ways to support Europe's reindustrialization, while keeping the doors open to trade.
