Marcus Wallenberg - After the Vote: Radical Change or Business as Usual?

Thursday, November 17, 2016

Venue: Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, HKU Centennial Campus

Victor K Fung, Zhiwu Chen, Michael Spence, Marcus Wallenberg

Global Thinkers

Abstract

The American voters have spoken. What will a new direction for globalization, economics and trade look like during a Trump administration?

Asia Global Institute held its inaugural Global Thinkers event on the 2016 US Presidential Election, where internationally-renowned experts addressed economic, trade, and business concerns raised by the dawn of a Trump presidency.

Discussions covered:

Economic and trade priorities of a post-Obama administration
Inequality in a globalizing economy
U.S. policy for a post-Brexit EU
The future of U.S.-China ties

About the Speakers

Chairman, Asia Global Institute

Victor K Fung

Chair Professor of Finance, the University of Hong Kong

Zhiwu Chen

Professor Zhiwu Chen is Chair Professor of Finance and Cheng Yu-Tung Professor in Development at the University of Hong Kong (HKU).

Advisory Board Chairman, Asia Global Institute

Michael Spence

Member, Asia Global Institute

Marcus Wallenberg

Mr Marcus Wallenberg is a member of Asia Global Institute's Advisory Board. Since 2005, he has been Chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB,) a North European financial group for 400,000 corporate customers, and five million private customers. SEB has local presence in the Nordic and Baltic countries and in Germany.