Videos

Trade War and American Soft Power – Shang-Jin Wei

N.T. Wang Professor of Chinese Business and Economy and Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business and School of International and Public Affairs. During 2014-2016, he served as Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank and Director General of its Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department. Prior to his Columbia appointment in 2007, he was Assistant Director and Chief of Trade and Investment Division at the International Monetary Fund.

Global Trade and Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities - Katheryn Russ

Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, University of California Davis, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, Senior Economist for International Trade & Finance for the U.S. White House Council of Economic Advisors (2015-16).

Services Trade in the Post-Pandemic World: Global and Asia-Pacific Dimensions - Bernard Hoekman

Professor and Director, Global Economics, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Prior positions include Director of International Trade and Research Manager in the Development Research Group, World Bank, Washington DC, and Economist in the GATT Secretariat, Geneva.

Services Trade in the Asia Pacific Region by Jane Drake-Brockman

Professor, Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide

Trade and Sustainability Issues for the Asia-Pacific Region - Mary Lovely

Professor of Economics and Melvin A. Eggers Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington D.C.

The Rise of Central Bank Digital Currencies - Barry Eichengreen

Professor of Economics and Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge Massachusetts), and Research Fellow Centre for Economic Policy Research (London, UK). Prior position includes Senior Policy Adviser, International Monetary Fund, Washington DC.