Interview recorded - 2nd of February, 2025

On this episode of the WTFinance podcast I had  the pleasure of welcoming back Warwick Powell. Warwick as an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology working at the intersection of China, digital technologies, supply chains, financial flows and global political economy & governance.

During our conversation we spoke about tariffs, potential retaliations, the hollowing out of Western manufacturing, the new world order, worlds need for dollars, Chinese self sufficiency, deep seek and more. I hope you enjoy!

0:00 - Introduction
1:53- Tariffs
5:53 - Chinese retaliation?
9:38 - Does US have a reason to implement tariffs?
14:33 - Hollowing of Western manufacturing
17:21 - Link to financialisation and globalisation?
19:53 - World need dollars
22:23 - US consumption
25:53 - China being self sufficient
28:28 - China greater risk of external factors?
32:43 - Limitation of growing manufacturing
36:07 - Deep seek
41:13 - Opensource in China?
43:58- Soft power
45:21 - Global economic change
47:58 - One message to takeaway?

Warwick began his career in academia, teaching Chinese history and European cultural history at Griffith University. He graduated with First Class Honours and is the recipient of the prestigious University Medal for Academic Excellence. Warwick was also awarded a Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade scholarship to undertake postgraduate studies at People’s University, Beijing. He deferred his studies to begin work for Kevin Rudd in the Queensland Government.

He is the chairman and founder of Sister City Partners Limited, a not-for-profit investment bank focusing on developing links between regional Australia and the markets of Asia. Through this work, Warwick has experience in diverse industries including cattle and sheep production and processing, information and communication technology, infrastructure, energy, natural resources, travel and tourism and property development.

He is a director of a number of funds management companies responsible for funds established under an ASIC-approved Australian Financial Services License. He is a member of the Central Highlands Accelerate Agribusiness Advisory Board and was the founding Treasurer of Innovation NQ Inc., a not-for-profit innovation incubator in North Queensland.

He continues to teach professional courses in areas such as innovation, creativity, regional economic development and blockchain technology with James Cook University, QUT and Edith Cowan University.

Warwick Powell: 

LinkedIn - https://au.linkedin.com/in/warwickpowell
Substack - https://substack.com/@warwickpowell 
Twitter - https://x.com/baoshaoshan

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