Session 2: Navigating Economic Uncertainty: Enhancing Trade, Export Development and Diversification for Regional Resilience
Oct 2, 2025 — 06:15 pm - 7:45 PM
Room 1
Across the OECD regions are reconciling with the need for a more diversified approach to trade that promotes long-term economic resilience. Yet, finding new countries and regions with whom to build bridges is no short-term exercise – it requires an infrastructure and logistics plan to get goods and services to market and, leveraging regional ports, roads, rail and airports; it means working directly with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), large companies, and actors in the investment attraction and export development space to support strategic diversification strategies. It also means working across all levels of government who can help facilitate a more navigable regulatory framework, while also freeing up land and warehousing and investing in transport solutions that facilitate trade competitiveness.
