The global economy is increasingly becoming an arena of strategic competition. Trade, technology, investment and supply chains are no longer purely economic matters – they are increasingly being used as instruments for building strategic advantage and exerting political pressure. In this environment, Europe faces a fundamental question: how can it protect its own interests and autonomy without giving up openness and international cooperation?
We will discuss these challenges at the Łukasiewicz – ITECH Annual Conference “Security for Prosperity”, which will take place in Warsaw on 14 October. One of the conference guests will be Sabine Weyand, EU Fellow at the Florence School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute (EUI), a long-serving senior official of the European Commission and former Director-General for Trade and Economic Security.
Her experience spans more than 30 years of work on European trade, industrial, economic and international policy. From 2016 to 2019, she also served as Deputy Chief Negotiator for the EU’s Brexit negotiations, playing a key role in the negotiations on the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
Sabine Weyand will deliver introductory remarks to the panel “Redrawing the Board – Where Are We in the New Geoeconomic Order?” The discussion will focus on Europe’s place in a world where established economic rules are being redefined and where strategic choices in Europe are increasingly shaped by the rivalry between the United States and China.