This is evident from Asia becoming the second-most integrated region in the world, only behind the European Union (EU).
“We are in a very paradoxical moment in the world where we remain deeply connected, and yet the world itself is increasingly contested,” says Ziad Haider, partner and global director of geopolitical risk at McKinsey and Company.
Speaking at the Singapore Economic Policy Forum jointly hosted by the Singapore Management University (SMU) and the Economic Society of Singapore (ESS) on Oct 14, the flow of goods and intellectual properties, he says, has reached unprecedented levels, with inter-region trade having increasingly grown in fashion.
