The global division of labour, fair and rule-based trade policies, secure supply chains – is the recipe for success of globalisation dead? Or does it live on, perhaps in other places, with other partners? How can companies adapt to the uncertainties of global trade, when short-term deals instead of reliable framework conditions take sway? What opportunities arise? Foreign trade issues belong to the centre of strategic thinking, both in the boardroom and in politics. The new era of globalisation is not a temporary phase and not a time for procrastination. How can politics and business shape it together?

Maroš Šefčovič
Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, European Commission

Tobias Meyer
CEO, DHL Group

Bill Anderson
CEO, Bayer

Angela Titzrath
CEO, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA)

Gunnar Groebler
CEO, Salzgitter AG