On 17 November 2020, we have the pleasure of inviting Dr. Ildikó Szegedy-Maszák (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Bogota), who is going to give a Seminar session on Geopolitics of Today.

This seminar on ”Geopolitics of Today – 5G, Greentech and Trade” raises the question how the on-going Tech War challenges globalization. Which are the geopolitical implications of the US-China economic rivalry? And where the European Union stands in these battles? COVID-19 rescue packages in US and EU, as well as the new five-year plan in China are based on 5G and Greentech. All major geopolitical powerhouses follow similar development paths then? Although the economic sectors prioritized are similar, the public policy approaches are rather different. How traditional market economies can develop equilibrated trade relations with state managed economic systems is an important concern. Being critical, innovative and constructive are the main attitudes of our seminar to raise and discuss the most urgent questions of the international trading system and how trade regulation can contribute to manage increasing global conflicts.

Ildikó Szegedy-Maszák, PhD is Tenure Professor of International Economic Law of the Faculty of Law of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá. Doctor in Law of the ELTE Budapest with LLM in International Business Law of the London School of Economics and Political Science and PhD in Sociology of Law and Political Institutions of the Universidad Externado de Colombia. She is distinguished lecturer of Corvinus Egyetem Budapest and Visiting Professor of Universidad Pontificia Comillas ICADE-ICAI Madrid, University of Cincinnati Law School and Boston College Law School. Her research interests are multilateral trade regulation, trade war and geopolitics, regional integrations, European Union and Brexit.