Economic Insights from Our Senior Economist

Meet Françoise Huang

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.