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Gordon Hanson on Shifting Trade Alliances

Gordon Hanson

November 13, 2025

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It’s not unusual for countries to reevaluate trade relationships as the global economy evolves. However, the persistent uncertainty brought on by tariffs has prompted entire regions to reconsider long-established alliances and rethink new ones that were unimaginable only a year ago. Gordon Hanson, international economist and Professor of Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, was invited to join a panel discussion on the global economy during the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. In this podcast, Hanson says, we need to reinvigorate the process of building new trade agreements that reflect the new world, and middle- and newly high-income countries should play a leading role. Transcript

Watch the webcast of the Debate on the Global Economy during the Annual Meetings.

Gordon Hanson is the Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

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