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Taming Trade

October 16, 2025
10:15–11:00 (Asia/Dubai time zone)

About this session

Trade reforms and tariff uncertainty have heightened security concerns, making it increasingly challenging to protect critical industries and technologies while striving to maintain open markets. How can global collaboration be strengthened to address emerging threats and safeguard the integrity of the international trading system?

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Speakers

LC
Lauren Chung
Chief Executive Officer, Strategy and Communications, Asia-Pacific
Teneo Holdings
SE
Simon Evenett
Professor, Geopolitics and Strategy
IMD Business School
ST
Sarah Thorn
Vice-President, Global Government Affairs, International Sourcing
Walmart
JW
Josephine Wolff
Director, Hitachi Center for Technology and International Affairs
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
TZ
Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
Minister of Foreign Trade
Ministry of Foreign Trade of the United Arab Emirates

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