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Françoise Huang, Senior Economist for Global Trade and Asia Pacific

Françoise Huang, Senior Economist for Asia Pacific and Global Trade

Françoise joined Allianz Trade in 2019 as the Senior Economist responsible for Asia Pacific. Since 2021, she has also been in charge of global trade research. Prior to this, she worked as an economist for over 5 years at the equity broker Exane BNP Paribas in London where she was in charge of macroeconomic analysis of the Chinese economy and emerging markets. She also worked on global and European topical themes. Her other work experiences include the ACPR, the French supervisor for the banking and insurance sectors. Françoise is a graduate from ENSAE Paris with a Statistician Economist degree, specialised in economic forecasting and public policies. She also studied in the APE programme (economic analysis and policy) at the Paris School of Economics.

Videos

Impact of China’s reopening on global trade - Allianz Trade

With China finally opened up, Françoise analyzed how it has boosted local and global economy, other benefitting markets around APAC region, and what are some of the key risks for the rest of 2023.

Allianz Trade Global Trade Update – Six months into 2022

Where does global trade stand six months into 2022? Françoise breaks down how port congestions worldwide are dragging global trade flow in this video.

Current state of global economy approaching 2022 year-end

Françoise breaks down how geopolitical tensions, inflations and China’s zero-Covid policy will play out in the rest of 2022 and if “friendshoring” is really going to work.

Allianz Trade Global Survey: A rocky road for exporters in 2022

Find out how the war in Ukraine has shaken business confidence worldwide, and what the silver lining is.

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Nov 24, 2023

What to Watch 24 November 2023

COP28 – the decisive decade, opportunity time in CEE, and the emerging winners of the great decoupling with China.

Nov 09, 2023

India: A rising star

By 2030, India will be the second-largest economy in the Asia-Pacific region as strong macro-fundamentals and an improving business environment drive investment-led growth.

Dec 21, 2022

Global growth: Still headed towards a recession

Françoise sums up 2022 and looks ahead to global and APAC economic and trade forecasts including insolvency trends for 2023 and beyond.

Dec 08, 2022

China Covid policy and economics outlook

China is currently experiencing its worst Covid-19 outbreak since 2020. Recent catalysts led to protests across the country. Economically, what does it mean?

Apr 25, 2022

Taking the pulse of the Chinese economy

Françoise guides readers to make sense of China’s latest data releases and policy news amid the Covid-19 and Ukrainian crises, and what to expect in the rest of 2022.

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