John Manzella

Economic trends are impacting U.S. and world growth, while complexities with China, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are creating new risks. Combined with greater levels of volatility, new destructive technologies, the energy revolution, and critical issues involving skills, automation and immigration, these issues are shaping our future. What does this mean to your business? This invaluable program reveals global dangers, analyzes sectors, examines trading relationships, and provides insight on China’s practices to help businesses understand what’s ahead, reduce risk, and make better informed decisions.

New drivers of growth, the Trump effect, advancements in manufacturing, the skills deficit, consumer confidence, demographic shifts, and the energy revolution are impacting growth and corporate performance. Plus, free trade, globalization, shifting investment trends, automation, backshoring, a more aggressive China, and European disunion are adding complexity. This thought-provoking program provides analysis to better understand what has occurred, and peers into the chain reactions of what’s unfolding so managers can make better-informed decisions, improve competitiveness, and develop more successful business strategies.

Economic trends, critical issues, and policy positions advanced by President Trump are impacting the U.S. and world economy, international business, the labor force, manufacturing, and corporate competitiveness. Combined with Brexit, new destructive technologies, the American energy revolution, China rising, and greater levels of volatility, these issues are shaping our future. What does this mean to the United States and your business? This invaluable program answers many questions, reveals global dangers, forecasts what’s ahead, and provides analysis to help business professionals reduce risks.

Rising protectionism and global tensions are forcing companies to reassess trading relationships, investments, site selection decisions, backshoring options, and supply chain operations.  Plus, issues causing friction and heightened levels of volatility are adding new risks. This engaging program analyzes the positions of President Trump with a focus on international trade, NAFTA, China, Brexit and the European Union, provides insight on China’s strengths, weaknesses and practices, reveals connections between rising populism, automation and globalization, and offers strategies to better navigate the dangers ahead.

Do trade and immigration promote tribalism and identity politics? What’s the effect on American jobs? With fear on the rise in nations around the world, does bungling our approach to these issues set the stage for the rise of despots and demagogues? John Manzella and Ruben Navarrette, two national thought leaders, add common sense, insight and clarity to these divisive issues. John is data-driven, from New York, and brings a global perspective. Ruben is story-focused, from California, and thinks in terms of culture, race and language. Sometimes they agree, disagree, are never boring or predictable, and always entertaining.

COVID-19, Economic Trends, Global Trade and What’s Ahead

COVID-19 and economic trends are impacting U.S. and world growth, while complexities with China, Canada, Mexico, and Europe are creating new risks. Combined with greater levels of volatility, new destructive technologies, the energy revolution, and critical issues involving skills, automation and immigration, these issues are shaping our future. What does this mean to your business? This invaluable program reveals global dangers, analyzes sectors, examines trading relationships, and provides insight on China’s practices to help businesses understand what’s ahead, reduce risk, and make better informed decisions.

Economic Forecast, Emerging Risks and Survival Strategies

COVID-19, new drivers of growth, the Trump effect, advancements in manufacturing, the skills deficit, consumer confidence, demographic shifts, and the energy revolution are impacting growth and corporate performance. Plus, free trade, globalization, shifting investment trends, automation, backshoring, a more aggressive China, and European disunion are adding complexity. This thought-provoking program provides analysis to better understand what has occurred, and peers into the chain reactions of what’s unfolding so managers can make better-informed decisions, improve competitiveness, and develop more successful business strategies.

International Trade, New Realities and Ripple Effects

Rising protectionism and global tensions are forcing companies to reassess trading relationships, investments, site selection decisions, backshoring options, and supply chain operations. Plus, issues causing friction and heightened levels of volatility are adding new risks. This engaging program analyzes the positions of President Trump with a focus on international trade, NAFTA, China, Brexit and the European Union, provides insight on China’s strengths, weaknesses and practices, reveals connections between rising populism, automation and globalization, and offers strategies to better navigate the dangers ahead.

Recent trade battles with China and other countries have reduced trade flows. But this drop is small compared to what’s ahead. In turn, many argue that globalization will soon be dead. Globalization isn’t dying, it’s evolving, and existing trends are accelerating. This thought provoking program provides analysis of protectionist trends, how digital technologies and automation are transforming globalization, strategies companies and workers can implement to mitigate risks and seize opportunities, what’s ahead for China trade and U.S. companies manufacturing there, and what companies should do to prepare for future threats or pandemics.

• COVID-19, Economic Trends, Global Trade and What’s Ahead

• International Trade, New Realities and Ripple Effects

• Economic Forecast, Emerging Risks and Survival Strategies