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Jörg Wuttke: A Roadmap to Bolstering EU-China Relations
European multinational companies (MNCs) in China are not making plans based on the next one or two years—they are looking to the next one or two decades. While there is no sign of “decoupling” between Europe and China, there is a growing political story to be told and business is becoming increasingly politicized.
June 05 , 2022 -
Lord Jim O’Neill: What Is the Right Way to Structure Global Health? The Case for Radical New Organisations and Thinking
If a solution to antibiotic abuse cannot be found, then by 2050, there could be as many as 10 million people a year dying from AMR-related illnesses. The COVID-19 pandemic has proved that there are massive economic and financial costs from global health threats when not met by fast robust actions.
May 09 , 2022 -
Ambassador of New Zealand to China and Mongolia: New Zealand – A Trade-Led Economic Recovery
For most of us, COVID-19 has been the greatest challenge to our societies and our economies in more than a generation. For New Zealand, part of the answer to rebuilding our economy lies in a trade-driven response achieved through international cooperation at every level.
May 06 , 2022 -
Wang Huiyao: Bretton Woods 2.0? Rebuilding Global Governance for the Post-pandemic Era
“In the first half of the twentieth century, in the absence of effective global governance mechanisms, unchecked forces of fragmentation, economic hardship, and polarization led to two devastating world wars. To prevent this from happening again, after the Second World War, countries from around the world came together at Bretton Woods and other landmark conferences to build a new system of global governance that would promote international cooperation, stability, and peace and prosperity. Today, like after the Second World War, the world faces major challenges, not only in the short term to recover from the pandemic but also in the long term to overcome global threats like climate change, which no country can solve alone. As we emerge from COVID-19, there is a unique opportunity for a long-overdue "Bretton Woods 2.0" moment to rethink global governance and forge multilateral institutions that better reflect the realities of the post-pandemic world. China can, and should, help lead by supporting the update and strengthening of existing institutions. For example, the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank should be transformed into the Global Infrastructure Investment Bank. Overall, China should be drawing on its knowledge as the longest continuous civilization in the world and using these strengths to propose its own solutions to pressing global issues.”
April 28 , 2022 -
Zhu Guangyao: Re-energizing the G20 to Thwart a Global Systemic Crisis
Maintaining political order and governance on a global level should be centered on the United Nations, follow the principles in the UN charter and be supported by the IMF, World Bank and WTO. The role of China could potentially be key in global recovery as mankind conquers COVID-19.
April 27 , 2022