In-Person Event
Fracturing in the age of Trump
Thursday 4th September 2025
The Executive Centre, No, 28 Stanley St, Central, Hong Kong
10:00am - 11:30am
The opening months of the Trump administration have generated a lot of noise around a remaking of the global order – but how much is actually changing? Is the breakdown in US-China relations still the defining challenge of the global economy? And what are the implications for geoeconomic alliances, for policy choices and for financial markets?
Join us for a special in-person event on Thursday 4th September at The Executive Centre exploring the fractures in the global economy and world order. This session will update you on our pioneering work on economic fracturing and include discussion with Group Chief Economist Neil Shearing about his upcoming book on the theme. This hour-long session is an opportunity to hear from the team, get your questions about the global system answered and network with peers from your industry. The session will explore:
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What China’s rise as a tech leader signals about global economic leadership;
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The implications of Trump evolving policy agenda for global alignments;
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A first look at our new Fracturing Dashboard, with data-driven insight into the reordering of global trade and finance.
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Meet the panel
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Neil Shearing
Group Chief Economist
Neil Shearing is our Group Chief Economist. He has overall responsibility for managing our team of economists and leading our research, as well as developing the firm’s products and its relationship with clients. He is also a director of the company. Neil is the first point of contact for many clients and presents regularly on the global economic and financial market outlook. He is a well-known voice within the investment community and has written articles in the Financial Times and a number of other newspapers, as well as appearing regularly on TV and radio. Prior to becoming Group Chief Economist, Neil was our Chief Emerging Markets Economist, managing a team that won several awards for forecast accuracy. He also managed our New York office. Neil joined Capital Economics from HM Treasury where he worked as an Economic Adviser in various areas, including fiscal policy and global economics. He holds degrees in Economics from the University of York and the University of London and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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Mark Williams
Chief Asia Economist
Mark Williams is Capital Economics' Chief Asia Economist. He leads a team of macroeconomists covering the whole region, while paying particularly close attention himself to developments in China's economy and financial markets, and their implications for the rest of the world. Mark also works closely with William Jackson on the Emerging Markets Service looking at issues common to different parts of the emerging world. Mark has been with Capital Economics since 2007. He was previously Asia economist at HM Treasury, responsible for analysis of the risks and prospects in non-Japan Asia and prior to that lived and worked for several years in Taiwan. He speaks and reads Chinese and has degrees in Chinese and Economics from the universities of Edinburgh and Oxford.