Private Breakfast Session: Tariffs, Cross-Border Payments, and Global Market Fragmentation

Tuesday 21 January 7:00 - 8:30

Ducan Room, Belvedère Hotel, Promenade 89

Join the Free Thinker Society for an exclusive private breakfast, bringing together leading experts to delve into the growing weaponization of economic instruments such as tariffs, sanctions, state interventionism, and currency wars. This session will explore the long-term economic trends that have contributed to these developments and the deeper flaws they reveal within the current international governance system.

As the global economy becomes increasingly fragmented, this discussion will highlight the challenges of reconciling freedom and fairness in trade. The session will also explore the emerging role of the Global South countries in shaping a new multilateral system.

Join us as we navigate these critical issues, fostering dialogue and insights on the future of the global economic order.

•⁠ ⁠Muhamad Chatib Basri, Chairman, Bank Mandiri (Persero)

•⁠ ⁠A. Michael Spence, Philip H Knight Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford Graduate School of Business

•⁠ ⁠Keyu Jin, Professor, School of Business and Management, Hong Kong University of Science andTechnology

•⁠ ⁠Kenneth Rogoff, Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University

•⁠ ⁠Lesetja Kganyago, Governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)

Discussion Moderated by Marc Uzan, Executive Directior of the Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee

*Hotel Security Badges are required to enter the venue and attend the event.  Upon confirmation of your registration.