Ilaria Mazzocco

Ilaria Mazzocco is deputy director and senior fellow with the Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She has over a decade of experience researching industrial policy, Chinese climate policy, and the intersection between the energy transition and economic and national security. Prior to joining CSIS, she led research on Chinese climate and energy policy for Macropolo, the Paulson Institute's think tank. She holds a PhD from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where her dissertation investigated Chinese industrial policy by focusing on electric vehicle promotion efforts and the role of local governments. She speaks Chinese and Italian.
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China arms itself for more export control battles
Ilaria Mazzocco cited in Financial Times — June 8, 2025
The Silicon State
Ilaria Mazzocco cited in The Wire China — June 8, 2025
How electric scooters are driving China's salt battery push
Ilaria Mazzocco cited in BBC — June 2, 2025
US and China Seek to De-escalate Trade War
Ilaria Mazzocco appearance on News Nation — May 13, 2025
Xi Seeks Detente With Europe as Trump’s Tariffs Alienate Bloc
Ilaria Mazzocco cited in Bloomberg — April 24, 2025
Trump says China trade deal is weeks away. But does Beijing have the upper hand?
Ilaria Mazzocco in Business Insider — April 18, 2025
Europe helped teach China to make cars. Now the tables are turning
Ilaria Mazzocco in Financial Times — April 16, 2025
Fareed: Trump’s Delayed Tariffs Invite Crony Capitalism
Scott Kennedy, Ilaria Mazzocco, and Ryan Featherston in CNN — April 11, 2025
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What’s Missing from the U.S. Debate on Electric Vehicles
Podcast Episode by Ilaria Mazzocco — May 29, 2025

What’s Missing from the U.S. Debate on Electric Vehicles
Commentary by Ilaria Mazzocco — May 29, 2025
Analyzing the Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War on China’s Energy Transition
Podcast Episode by Ilaria Mazzocco — April 22, 2025

Analyzing the Impact of the U.S.-China Trade War on China’s Energy Transition
Critical Questions by Ilaria Mazzocco — April 22, 2025
Press Briefing: Analyzing the Escalating U.S.-China Trade Conflict and Rare Earth Export Restrictions
Event — April 15, 2025
China and the Impact of “Liberation Day” Tariffs
Podcast Episode by Scott Kennedy, Ilaria Mazzocco, and Ryan Featherston — April 4, 2025

China and the Impact of “Liberation Day” Tariffs
Critical Questions by Scott Kennedy, Ilaria Mazzocco, and Ryan Featherston — April 4, 2025
Recharged? The Future of Europe's Auto Sector and EU-China Relations
Event — March 24, 2025
Driving Diplomacy
Brief by Ilaria Mazzocco — March 24, 2025
China's Annual Two Sessions: Meaningful Reform or Missed Opportunities?
Event — March 14, 2025