Trade in Trouble: Navigating Geo-Economic Tensions

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Channel: World Economic Forum · 2018 · News & Politics

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As the confrontation between China and the United States escalates and protectionist sentiment rises, will new trade arrangements help ASEAN prosper in the new economic landscape? 

Dimensions to be addressed:
- Responding to trade war threats 
- Driving regional economic integration
- Understanding the rise of e-commerce and trade in services

- Alan Bollard, Executive Director, APEC Secretariat (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation), Singapore
- Victor L. L. Chu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Eastern Investment Group, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Ignatius Darell Leiking, Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
- Victoria Kwakwa, Vice-President, East Asia and Pacific, World Bank, Washington DC
- Yasuo Tanabe, Senior Vice-President; Senior Corporate Officer, Hitachi, Japan

Moderated by
- Sri Jegarajah, Anchor; Correspondent, CNBC Asia Pacific, Singapore
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