The Pacific Basin Economic Council Chairman Andrew Weir MBE, JP and its Executive Director Michael Walsh share their views on some of the economic and geopolitical trends and observations they have witnessed in 2023. They take stock on a host of issues and look ahead to 2024. Look out for the reference to Social Offsets for leaders and corporations to address the S in ESG more urgently. They cover some of the outcomes from some of the major leader summits like APEC 2023 and COP28, discuss China, USA, SE Asia, Oceania, the Pacific and Latam America including sharing their unique insights on new markets developing fast like India, Indonesia and the GCC countries of the Middle East. In particular UAE and Saudi Arabia where China’s capital and firms are deploying finance and resources as they also look ahead to 2024 and discuss sectoral focused investment opportunities.