Deep Dive: Roundtable on shared futures

We now live in an era of extraordinary possibilities. Technology connects continents in seconds. Trade fuels shared prosperity. And global challenges, like climate change, demand collective actions across borders. Yet even as nations grow more interconnected, divisions deepen. Misunderstandings and mistrust threaten to pull us apart. In today's world, no nation can do it alone. How can the world's two largest economies – the United States and China – balance competition with collaboration? Can trade and investment survive the rising storm of suspicion? What happens to the rest of the world if they can't? And when rhetoric turns toxic, who will suffer greater loss – the powerful or the people?