Macro Economy

The Economics of De-Globalization

Program Overview

Macro Economy Research Conference
30 October 2019
Urbannet Otemachi Building, Tokyo

Program

Opening Remarks
Koji Nagai, President, Nomura Foundation
Morning Session
Moderator: Chi-Hung Kwan, Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

Resisting Deglobalization: The Case of Europe
Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory (Bruegel)

Comment
Stephen Pickford, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House

Understanding De-Globalization: Trade-offs Between Wealth and Sovereignty
Aaron Klein, Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Comment
Masahiro Kawai, Project Professor, University of Tokyo

Afternoon Session
Moderator: Tetsuya Kamiyama, Senior Analyst, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

The Future of the World Economy: Patriots versus Globalists
Adam Bennett, Associate Fellow, Chatham House & Stephen Pickford, Senior Consulting Fellow, Chatham House

Comment
Aaron Klein, Fellow, The Brookings Institution

Economic Globalization in Transition: New Trends and Challenges
ZHANG Qi, Director General, Department of Foreign Economic Relations, Development Research Center of the State Council

Comment
Chi-Hung Kwan, Senior Fellow, Nomura Institute of Capital Markets Research

Why Was Japan Not Engulfed by the Antiglobalist Tide?
Takashi Miwa, Chief Japan Economist, Nomura Securities

Comment
Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow, Brussels European and Global Economic Laboratory (Bruegel)

Closing Remarks
Kentaro Okuda, Deputy President and Group Co-COO, Nomura Holdings