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06 Nov 2025
Opening Remarks by the First Deputy Managing Director at the 26th Jacques Polak Annual Research Conference
This year’s theme, “The Evolving Landscape of Global Trade and Financial Integration”, could not be more timely. Global economic relations are being transformed by the growing intersection between geopolitics and trade, new technologies, and a rapidly evolving rethinking of long-held assumptions about international economic integration. In this context, the global economy is being redesigned—not just for short-term efficiency, but for long-term resilience.
