How can we build prosperity amid shifting geo-economic and industrial realities?

Resisting Autarky

June 23, 2026
08:30–09:30 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

Tariffs, export controls and mechanisms such as investment screening have become central instruments of economic management. This is pushing strategic players to leverage their production of critical resources and the concentration of critical supply chain inputs. In an increasingly fractured economy, what is the right balance between protecting national interests while continuing to seek...
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Speakers

YA
Yuen Yuen Ang
Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy
Johns Hopkins University
MK
Matthew Klein
Founder
The Overshoot
YS
Yasushi Sasaki
Managing Director and Senior Partner; Asia Pacific Chair
Boston Consulting Group
ET
Elizabeth Thurbon
Professor of International Political Economy; Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project
University of New South Wales
TW
Tian Wei
Host, World Insight with Tian Wei
China Global Television Network (CGTN)

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