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How can we cooperate in a more contested world?

Many Shapes of Trade

January 22, 2026
15:00–15:45 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Free trade is evolving into a new system of managed trade, where tariffs, export controls, industrial policy, friendshoring and regulatory reciprocity are leveraged to protect domestic markets and secure supply chains. As countries seek coalitions of willing and like-minded partners, new regional and bilateral trade agreement are emerging with greater frequency. What will this new trade system...
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Speakers

MF
Michael Froman
President
Council on Foreign Relations
MA
Majid Al-Kasabi
Minister of Commerce
Ministry of Commerce of Saudi Arabia
VN
Vas Narasimhan
Chief Executive Officer
Novartis
NO
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General
World Trade Organization (WTO)
YH
Yeo Han-koo
Minister of Trade
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Republic of Korea

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