Tariffs, export controls and mechanisms such as investment screening have become central instruments of economic management. This is pushing strategic players to leverage their production of critical resources and the concentration of critical supply chain inputs.
In an increasingly fractured economy, what is the right balance between protecting national interests while continuing to seek economic collaboration?
This is the full audio from a session at the Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2026 in Dalian, China on 23-25 June, 2026. Watch it here: https://www.weforum.org/meetings/annual-meeting-of-the-new-champions-2026/sessions/resisting-autarky/
Speakers:
Yuen Yuen Ang, Alfred Chandler Chair Professor of Political Economy, Johns Hopkins University
Tian Wei, Host, World Insight with Tian Wei, China Global Television Network (CGTN)
Elizabeth Thurbon, Professor of International Political Economy; Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project, University of New South Wales
Yasushi Sasaki, Managing Director and Senior Partner; Asia Pacific Chair, Boston Consulting Group
Matthew Klein, Founder, The Overshoot
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