In this episode, The EIU's senior editor Jason Wincuinas speaks to Zhang Lipei, Director of the Beijing Office at the US-China Business Council, and Nick Marro, Lead Analyst for Global Trade, China and Macau, and supporting analyst for Taiwan at The EIU about the two possible outcomes of the US elections, what they might mean for businesses in Asia and how they might impact US-China relations.

 

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Relevant reports by The Economist Intelligence Unit:

US-China relations under a Biden presidency Asia’s inward turn, looking at regional trade policy amid US-China strains and Covid-19 disruptions Telecoms demand will be strong in 2021 but US-China disputes will complicate 5G rollout EIU Global Outlook: Siding with the US or with China?

Optimism is in short supply almost everywhere. The covid-19 pandemic has led to society-wide lockdowns across the world, bringing all but commerce and services deemed most essential to a sudden halt, large portions of countries are sheltering at home and unemployment is spiking. The IMF, in its latest World Economic Outlook, forecasts the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression as a result of these measures. The WTO has also revised its projections for global trade in 2020; total volumes could fall from 13% to 32%, depending on the length of the pandemic and the effectiveness of policy responses.

To understand and track private-sector views on the impact of covid-19, how businesses are coping and their plans for the next three months and beyond, The Economist Intelligence Unit, supported by SAS, is launching the Global Business Barometer (GBB) this month. Based on an initial online survey of 2,758 executives from 118 countries, fielded from March 26th to April 6th, we ask questions ranging from their outlook on the global economy and investment plans to operational and risk management strategies. The Global Business Barometer will be updated every month to track changes in sentiment over time.

The first podcast episode on the Global Business Barometer is hosted by Charles Ross, editorial director of The EIU for Asia, with guest Andrew Staples, editorial director of the Economist Corporate Network.

In the second episode, the editorial team at the Economist Intelligence Unit continue the discussion on the Covid-19 pandemic with the UK and other countries' responses, and the outlook for a vaccine and treatments. This episode is hosted by Chris Clague, managing editor and global editorial lead for trade and globalisation, with Elizabeth Sukkar, managing editor and global editorial lead for healthcare.

In the third episode, The EIU speaks to Dr Steve Bennett, director of global government practice at SAS, about where companies are on the survival / adaptation / recovery curve. This episode is hosted by Chris Clague, managing editor and global editorial lead for trade and globalisation. 

In the fourth episode of this series, Chris Clague, managing editor at The EIU speaks to Taimur Baig, managing director and chief economist at DBS Bank (00:00-21:17); Alex Kwiatkowski, industry lead for banking and capital markets at SAS (21:17-37:03); and Jesse Quigley Jones, managing editor for healthcare at The EIU (37:03-46:15) about industry responses against the macro backdrop.

 

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In this episode, senior editor Jason Wincuinas speaks to Jeffrey Ding, a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford and the China lead at “The Centre for the Governance of AI”, which is part of the Future of Humanity Institute, and founder of "ChinAI" (chinai.substack.com), a newsletter that shares translations of Chinese AI research papers.

 

 

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