The experts from around the globe discussed the new imperatives for national economic security, the prospects for bi-lateral and multi-lateral free trade, as well as how things once as mundane as stable supply lines and guaranteed intellectual property had all become potential weapons in a new, evolving conflict.

MODERATOR: GLEN S. FUKUSHIMA[Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress / Former Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative for Japan and China / Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan]

PANELIST: WENDY CUTLER[Vice President at the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) / Managing Director of the Washington, D.C. Office]

PANELIST: ROBIN HARDING[Asia Editor for the Financial Times]

PANELIST: KAZUTO SUZUKI[Professor of Science and Technology Policy at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo Senior Fellow of Asia Pacific Initiative (API)]