Prof James Laurenceson
8 July 2026
Today we're joined by Professor James Laurenceson, Director of the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology in Sydney, one of the sharpest minds working on the economics of the China relationship anywhere in the region.
James has spent years cutting through the noise on trade, investment, and what's become the defining question for governments and businesses alike: how do you manage risk with your biggest trading partner when the geopolitics keep getting more complicated?
In the country for the China Business Summit, James has been a go-to voice on economic coercion, on what de-risking actually means in practice, and on where Australia and New Zealand's economic interests really sit amid the broader US-China rivalry.