The Call by the Global Intelligence Desk

The U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk is delighted to host an episode of The Call with German Marshall Fund former president and Senior Advisor Heather A. Conley, a leading expert on the growing Chinese-Russian collaboration in the Arctic.

(This episode of The Call was recorded on November 12, 2024)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

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Is China fighting off a Japan-style deflationary spiral? Stephen Roach, an economist affiliated with Yale University and a long-time scholar of both China and Japan, will joins the Call to share his analysis, noting the similarities do not mean China is destined to suffer Japan’s fate – unless China’s leadership fails to rise to the challenge with much more action.   (This episode was recorded on 10/31/24)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk  

This week, Russia hosts the 16th BRICS Summit in the southwestern city of Kazan, the first meeting since the original members - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.


As the IMF and World Bank convene in Washington, President Vladimir Putin has positioned the summit as proof of Russia's resilience under Western sanctions and a step towards reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency.


Few expect any serious move to advance dollar alternatives. The meeting, however, does present a counterweight to the West: BRICS represents 45% of the world’s population, and 37% of global GDP – which Putin noted last week, outpaces the 27% of the Group of Seven industrialized nations.


What does the BRICS summit say about Russian isolation? What effect have Western sanctions had on Russia’s economy? Will Russia succeed over the long-term in creating an alternative to the dollar, particularly as a platform for oil trading?


And what are the stakes for business in the expansion of this trading bloc?


The Call is delighted to host Sergey Aleksashenko, former Russian central banker, and board member of the Center for Analysis and Strategies in Europe (CASE).

(This episode was recorded on 10/24/24)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk  

Host Jay Sapsford welcomes Edward Price from the NYU Center for Global Affairs to discuss the increased fragmentation of world trade as the IMF and World Bank meet in Washington while the BRICS group of nations meets in Russia. (This episode was recorded on 10/22/24)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk  

In this episode of The Call, host Jay Sapsford asks expert Professor Vali Nasr from Johns Hopkins what to expect from an increasingly volatile situation in the Middle East. (This episode was recorded on 10/3/24)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk  

In this episode of The Call, host Jay Sapsford talks to former US Ambassador to Mexico Roberta S. Jacobson and Neil Herrington from the US Chamber of Commerce about the election of Claudia Sheinbaum and what it means to future US - Mexican relations. (This episode was recorded on 9/18/2024)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk  

Host Jay Sapsford discusses the possible dockworkers strike with Vespucci Maritime CEO Lars Jenson and Chamber of Commerce VP John Drake (original record date 9/12/2024)

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The Call is a series of live video conversations featuring expert guests from the U.S. Chamber's Global Intelligence Desk. Live access to The Call is a benefit to the Chamber’s members; however, we are pleased to provide recordings of the calls for wider listening thereafter.

Learn more about the Global Intelligence Desk: https://globalintelligencedesk.com/
Join the conversation on LinkedIn:   / global-intelligence-desk