Børge Brende is Former President and CEO of the World Economic Forum. Previously he was the Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Trade and Industry, and Minister of Climate and the Environment. He served as Deputy Chairman of the Norwegian Conservative Party as well as MP. He was also full-time city counsellor in his hometown of Trondheim. He was Chairman of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development and Secretary-General of the Norwegian Red Cross. He was Board Member of Statoil and the Norwegian School of Economics. He was the Chair of Mesta, Norway’s largest contracting group in road and highway maintenance. He was a Director of the Philanthropy Asia Alliance. He is currently a Member of the Advisory Board of the Hoffman Centre for Global Sustainability, a Member of the Advisory Council, Harvard International Negotiation Program, the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), the Strategic Committee of Sciences Po, and is on the Board of the Bilderberg Meetings.
As Japan begins its presidency of the G20, there is an opportunity for the international community to update our trade system so that it is more resilient and responsive to new technology.
En la Conferencia de Seguridad de Munich, la semana pasada, moderé una mesa redonda sobre un tema intrigante: ¿Podemos hacer que los competidores vuelvan a comerciar?
Putting up barriers to trade is not the answer to domestic economic woes and only increases the risk of conflict between nations, writes Børge Brende.
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The Fourth Industrial Revolution presents a tremendous opportunity for India to bypass traditional phases of development and improve the quality of life of its citizens.
ASEAN has important decisions to make about its role in regional affairs. If it make the right ones, the bloc can turn disruption into an opportunity.
With more than 50% of its population under the age of 27, India will play a pivotal role in shaping the Fourth Industrial Revolution in a responsible, scalable and inclusive manner.
