Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics

Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics 2023

On Friday, September 22, Atlantik-Brücke and the Atlantic Council GeoEconomics center held their flagschip economics conference, the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics in Berlin. Following the inaugural conference in Frankfurt last year, this year’s forum gathered economic policymakers and financial leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to outline the way forward on the use of the tools of economic statecraft.

Among the high-level speakers were Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck, the Netherland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Sigrid Kaag, and the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai. Their keynotes as well as the panel discussions at the Transatlantic Forum made it clear: We live in a new era of geoeconomics. That is why we are looking forward to the Transatlantic Forum on GeoEconomics 2024 to continue the transatlantic dialogue on crucial issues at the nexus of economic and foreign policy.

DZ BANK generously hosted this year’s conference. Bloomberg was the media partner of the Transatlantic Forum.

You can watch the recording of the conference here:

 

Welcoming Remarks

Souâd Benkredda, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, DZ BANK

Sigmar Gabriel, Chairman, Atlantik-Brücke

Fred Kempe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council

Session I – Building common ground: Transatlantic approaches to economic statecraft

Michael Lieberman, Assistant Director for Enforcement, Office of Foreign Asset Control, US Department of the Treasury

David Lim, Co-Director, Task Force KleptoCapture, US Department of Justice

David Reed, Director, Sanctions Directorate, UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Darta Tentere, Policy Advisor to the EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan, European Commission

Moderated by Kim Donovan, Director, Economic Statecraft Initiative, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Keynote I – Navigating the geoeconomic era with an open approach

Sigrid Kaag, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Government of the Netherlands 

In conversation with Fred Kempe, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Council

You can read the full transcript of Minister Kaag’s keynote remarks here

Session II – G20, BRICS, and the future of multilateralism

Jörg Kukies, State Secretary; Economic, Financial, and Energy Policy Advisor, German Federal Chancellery 

Daleep Singh, Chief Global Economist and Head of Global Macroeconomic Research, PGIM Fixed Income

 Moderated by Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor for Economics | Head, Bloomberg News | Bloomberg Economics

Keynote II – GeoEconomic deepening of transatlantic cooperation

Dr. Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, German Federal Government

In conversation with Julia Friedlander, Chief Executive Officer, Atlantik-Brücke

You can read the full transcript of Minister Habeck’s keynote remarks here

Session III – Adapting at speed: The private sector and geopolitics

Nils Aldag, Chief Executive Officer, SunFire

Candace Kelly, Chief Legal Officer, Stellar Development Foundation

Christian Sewing, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank

Michael Schoellhorn, Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Defence and Space

Moderated by Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

Session IV – The clash of economics and national security Trade, industrial policy, and supply chains

Elizabeth Baltzan, Senior Advisor to the United States Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative

Denis Redonnet, Deputy Director-General, Chief Trade Enforcement Officer, EU Commission

Anahita Thoms, Board Member, Atlantik-Bruecke and Partner, Baker & Mckenzie International

Moderated by Sarah Bauerle Danzman, Senior Fellow | Associate Professor, Atlantic Council | Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies

Keynote III – A Conversation with US Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai

Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative, Office of the United States Trade Representative

 In conversation with Stephanie Flanders, Senior Executive Editor for Economics | Head, Bloomberg News | Bloomberg Economics

You can read the full transcript of US Trade Representative Tai’s keynote remarks here.

Closing remarks

Julia Friedlander, Chief Executive Officer, Atlantik-Brücke

Josh Lipsky, Senior Director, GeoEconomics Center, Atlantic Council

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