Weaponisation of economic activity has increased - S. Jaishankar | Raisina Dialogue | Palki Sharma

Commisars and Capitalists: Politics, Business and New World Order Business and geopolitical imperatives are reshaping global trade, finance, and digital landscapes. Like-minded governments, along with their partners in finance and the private sector, are cobbling together means to respond to increasing influence of non-compatible forces: China builds half the world’s ships, controls 70 percent of cargo cranes and dominates dry cargo shipping containers. Digital trade and tech sectors in most nations are shaped by CCP's strategic interests. Meanwhile, governments of advanced economies have not been loath to weaponise economic, financial, and trade instruments either. This panel will explore how political decisions are shaping businesses and are being implicated by them. How are governments and diplomacy responding, and how is foreign policy evolving amidst shifting global dynamics of trade and finance, and digital weaponisation? How are companies exerting their power and how are they responding to increasing ability to determine social, economic, and political outcomes across the world? Are boardrooms cognisant of the responsibility that comes with this new power? How is the government-private enterprise relationship evolving in this age of declared and undeclared national champions? What does it mean for trade, finance, and technology? How can emerging markets and global supply chains adapt to shifting geopolitical realities in both the physical and cyber domains, ensuring that innovation and free trade are maintained? Speakers Joel Kaplan, Chief Global Affairs Officer, Meta, United States of America Pierroberto Folgiero, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Fincantieri, Italy Marianne Demarchi, Chief Executive Officer, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Swift S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, India Moderator Palki Sharma, Managing Editor, Firstpost, India #india #raisina2025 #cyber #geopolitics #worldorder #jaishankar Subscribe, follow, and engage with us: ORF YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/orfdelhi ORF Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ORFOnline ORF Twitter: https://twitter.com/orfonline ORF Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/orfonline Raisina Dialogue Twitter: https://twitter.com/raisinadialogue Raisina Dialogue Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raisinaofficial Raisina Dialogue Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RaisinaDialogue