Events

• Why does the future of global supply chains matter? 
   
• What are the consequences of threats to the collapse of supply chains and international trading systems, particularly in food, medicine, technology, and data? 
   
• What is the impact of the global crisis and the U.S.-China trade war on the future of supply chains?
   
• What does history teach us about supply chains as a physical manifestation of globalization and an interconnected world?

This seminar is brought to you by Columbia Global Centers as part of the Global Columbia Collaboratory, a new initiative developed in partnership with the Center for Undergraduate Global Engagement designed to give students the skills, understanding, and networks to grow into the leaders our world needs to thoughtfully address our increasingly complex challenges.

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Global Supply Chains Recommended Reading:

• How Covid-19 Will Change the World – Financial Times, Martin Wolf
• Top Risks for 2020 – Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer
• Trade Secrets: Supply Chain Disruption - Special Report of the Financial Times
• The Rise and Fall of Global Trade - Financial Times (especially a 10 minute video)
• Globalism and Nationalism - Professor Maurice Obstfeld, U. of California
• Top Risks for 2020: Coronavirus Edition – Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer
• Deglobalization's Dangers - Project Syndicate, May 2020