Past Events

Stephen Wong, Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong for the Master of Social Science in Global Political Economy, spoke at today’s Brexit breakfast about the impact of Brexit on the Mainland and Hong Kong economies and how it might impact businesses here. Wong focused on four perspectives: people, trade, capital and politics. He highlighted the fact that as trade and investment directly between the UK and Mainland China is not significant, he doesn’t expect an exit to have much of an impact. Moreover, many of the goods that the UK is selling to the Mainland, are not in high demand compared to other sectors. However, the biggest risk is uncertainty, which he feels will bring short-term instability as markets until the results of the vote are in.