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StanChart CEO Bill Winters’ love-hate relationship with trade wars, conflict

He says while things could go wrong, it is while navigating through those periods that the greatest opportunities are created

Jude Chan

Jude Chan

Published Wed, Nov 27, 2024 · 05:00 AM
    • While there is the risk that geopolitical tensions could boil over – and upend businesses and trade – Winters believes it is unlikely to happen.
    • While there is the risk that geopolitical tensions could boil over – and upend businesses and trade – Winters believes it is unlikely to happen. PHOTO: BT FILE

    STANDARD Chartered chief executive Bill Winters has a lot on his mind; understandably so.

    On top of ongoing conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, there is also rising trade tension between the US and China that looks poised to escalate with Donald Trump’s second term in the White House.

    “I wake up every morning a little bit afraid to look at my phone and see what has happened overnight, and I go to bed at night a little bit afraid of what might happen overnight,” Winters told The Business Times in an exclusive interview.

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