BCG’s Center for Geopolitics has identified the ten forces that will shape the global business environment in 2025.
They demonstrate the world’s continued move towards multipolarity as the US and China are drifting apart and intensifying their rivalry. While having to manage carefully their relations with the world’s two largest powers, countries and blocs in Europe and the global south are seeking to position themselves as major economic and geopolitical centers in their own right.
New economic battlegrounds are emerging, from trade to tech and other strategic industries. The risk of shocks reverberating globally remains high, with conflicts becoming more complex, climate change remaining a major concern, and polarised populations questioning established institutions.
Join the webinar as we explore the implications for global business and how to stay ahead in a world defined by complexity and competition.
Wed June 11th 3:30 to 4:30 PM CET
Webinar
Speakers
Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle
Cristián Rodríguez-Chiffelle is Partner & Director on Trade, Investment and Geopolitics in the Boston Consulting Group’s Global Advantage practice and at BCG’s Center for Geopolitics – based out of Geneva, Switzerland – and an Academic Associate at Harvard University’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.
Before joining BCG, Cristián was a visiting scholar and Luksic Fellow at Harvard University – from where he holds Law and Public Administration degrees – and priorly served as CEO/Executive Director of InvestChile (the nation’s foreign investment promotion agency) and held positions as head of international trade and investment policy at the World Economic Forum, senior international consultant at the inter-American Development Bank, and trade and environment lead negotiator at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chile. As a trade diplomat, he negotiated Chile’s investment and free trade agreements, and served as Chile’s delegate to WTO, OECD, APEC, UNCTAD and the UNFCCC.
Dominic De Sapio
Dominic DeSapio is a Director for Geopolitics & Trade Impact at BCG Vantage, the Boston Consulting Group’s group for geopolitics and trade research and analytics – based in New York City.
Prior to joining BCG, Dominic worked for a professional services firm, advising Fortune 500 multinationals and government agencies on how tax proposals, supply-chain frictions, and fiscal reforms shape investment and talent strategies. He earlier supported the firm’s insights team on publications around public-sector innovation and crisis-era policy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before consulting, Dominic was an academic researcher in political economy examining the evolution of globalization and the shifting patterns of trade and capital flows, with a focus on East Asia. He started his career supporting conflict-resolution programs in Washington, DC.