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There is a perceived growing divide between a US-led and an a China-led sphere in technology, trade, and finance, driven both by geopolitics and by trends towards growing national self-reliance. Are we seeing the demise of the Global Market Economy?
Geopolitical tensions have increased lately as EU heads of State and Government have asked for a revision of Europe’s China strategy that, in line with US changing policy, highlights a perceived systemic rivalry between China and 'the West' and reduces technological and scientific co-operation, calls for the diversification of trade and supply chains, and reduces international financial flows. This conference aims at exploring the perception of an emerging ‘new Cold War’ and its potential consequences, especially for Europe.
The areas in which a growing divide is perceived will be investigated in three different sessions: technology and science, trade and supply chains, and financial markets. The final session will discuss the endgame of this two-sphere world.
This event is co-organised by the Department of European & International Studies and the Lau China Institute, King’s College London, and the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, London School of Economics (LSE). It is funded by the Department of European & International Studies, the Lau China Institute, and the School of Politics & Economics, King’s College London.
PROGRAMME
09.30-09.45 Welcome remarks
Peter John, Head, School of Politics & Economics, King's College London
09.45-10.15 Opening address
Introduction and chair
Ulf Dahlsten, Visiting Professor in Practice, LSE
Speaker
Yu Yongding, Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences & Chairman, Academic Committee, Pu Shan Foundation
10.15-11.30h Technology and science
Introduction and chair
Nikki Sun, International Strategy Forum Academy Fellow, Chatham House
Speakers
Kerry Brown, Director, Lau China Institute, King's College London
Nana de Graaff, Associate Professor in International Relations, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lars Samuelson, Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
Yuan Yang, Europe-China Correspondent, Financial Times
11.30-11.45 Coffee break
11.45-13.00 Trade and supply chains
Introduction and chair
Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Professor of International Relations, King's College London
Speakers
Suzuki Kazuto, Professor of Science and Technology Policy, University of Tokyo
Sohyun Zoe Lee, Assistant Professor in International Political Economy, Queen's, University Belfast
Alan Wolff, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics & former Deputy Director General (2017-21), WTO
Yu Jie, Senior Research Fellow on China, Chatham House
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 Keynote address (online)
Jeffrey Sachs, University Professor & Director, Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
14.30-15.45 Financial markets
Introduction and chair
Stefan Ingves, former Governor (2006-22), Sveriges Riksbank (Central Bank of Sweden)
Speakers
Engelbert Stockhammer, Professor of International Political Economy, King's College London
Nicolas Veron, Senior Fellow, Peteson Institute for International Economics & Bruegel
Yu Yongding, Academician, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences & & Chairman, Academic Committee, Pu Shan Foundation
15.45-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-16.45 The endgame
Introduction and chair
Magnus Ryner, Professor of International Political Economy, King's College London
Speaker
Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
Event details
Great HallStrand Campus
Strand, London, WC2R 2LS