Globalisation has made the planet richer and more interconnected, but it has also led to growing inequality, climate change, terrorism and a populist, protectionist backlash in developed nations. Only a new multilateralism can solve these problems, writes...
The world must decide if it wants to exist under a multilateral rules-based system of justice and fair competition, or descend into populism and chaos, writes Jos Manuel Duro Barroso, IFF co-chairman, former president of the European Commission, and forme...
Globalisation was conceived on the ancient Silk Route, and now China will once again be the driver and innovator of a new world order, predicts Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, IFF board member, former president of the Philippines and speaker of the House of Repr...
Chinas investment banks still fall behind first-class international practitioners in their size and levels of internationalisation, says An Qingsong, executive vice-president of the Securities Association of China. But their strength is increasing in the u...
Antony Leung, IFF vice-chairman and former financial secretary of the HongKong Special Administrative Region, argues that the Greater Bay Areas unique geographic advantages and determination to accelerate innovation is seeing it catch up with the bay areas...
Lu Lei, deputy administrator of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, discusses how structural reform and increasing investment and openness since 1978 have left Chinas financial services industry in good health, but recognises corporate governance...
Edmond Alphandry, IFF vice-chairman, chairman of the Euro 50 Group and former finance minister of France, sets out his arguments for a carbon price-based system of global emissions trading, through which higher, more predictable pricing can help combat the...
China should open up its futures market to foreign participants, and its partners in the Belt and Road Initiative should escalate their involvement in futures markets to co-ordinate critical commodity supply and improve the stability and effectiveness of...
Massimo DAlema, former prime minister of Italy, notes that his countryman Marco Polo found hardship and conflict on his long route back from China to Europe, but that it was a price worth paying for co-operation and convergence Six years have passed since...
Recognising the importance of foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) to Chinas growth, Harley Seyedin, special adviser to the chairman at the George H.W. Bush Foundation for US-China Relations, calls for new mechanisms to stop FIEs falling foul of local auth...
Greater integration between advanced and emerging market economies during globalisation has made both more susceptible to risk of spillover financial contagion and volatility. As the US continues to normalise its monetary policy, deputy governor of Banco d...
Idling in neutral, the world economy has the technology for a great leap forward, but the demand is not yet there. Zheng Zhijie, president of the China Development Bank(CDB), discusses how China will set the tone for the next phase of globalisation, and m...
