Speech to SGX Opening Ceremony of the Singapore International Ferrous Week, 17 May 2022
By Bilahari Kausika (** see end note)
Good morning everybody. Thank you for inviting me to speak to you.
Until I received your invitation I had no idea that there was such a thing as a ‘Ferrous Week’. I was puzzled. Why would anyone want me to speak to a conference on iron? I admit it was sheer curiosity that led me to accept.
Fortunately, the organizers were kind enough to choose a topic for me -- the impact of geopolitics on the global economy -- that would allow me to speak to you without making a complete fool of myself. Still, to minimize that risk, I’ll be as brief as possible.
