Gita Wirjawan, Former Minister of Trade of Indonesia

How has covid-19 affected the Southeast Asian (ASEAN) economy, and how can Southeast Asian countries leverage on the China-US trade war? Who will be the champion? Hear from Gita Wirjawan, Indonesia's Minister of Trade from 2011 to 2014. He is also the Chairman of Ancora Group, an Indonesian business group which he founded in 2008 with interests in real estate, technology, education and natural resources. This is a recording from a live webinar event that took place on 17th July 2020. 

Content: During this webinar, Pak Gita discussed the attributes of Southeast Asian economy post-COVID19. Pak Gita offered a deep analysis into each of the Southeast Asian countries, the opportunities available as well as the challenges need to be tackled by the region. He also discussed the impact of greater polarisation between China and the US, the 'Decoupling Era'.

Format: Opening remarks were provided by Pak Gita Wirjawan and then questions were welcomed from the audience on the topic.

This event was organised by CUTEC as part of the ongoing ‘CUTalks by CUTEC’ podcast series. The hosts for the webinar were Edward Elson Kosasih and Violy Purnamasari. To find other podcast episodes, visit here: https://cutec.io/cutalks. Follow us @CUTEC, #CUTalks on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook to find out about future events and podcast episodes.