Delegates,
Over the past twelve months, geopolitical competition in the Pacific has shifted from a military standoff to an economic one. No shots have been fired, and yet the global financial system is now under strain that rivals historic wartime crises.
The immediate trigger has been tightening U.S. export controls on advanced semiconductors, Taiwan’s new intellectual‑property protection measures, and China’s counter‑actions in banking, trade, and currency management. This has created a feedback loop of uncertainty affecting:
semiconductor supply chains
commercial shipping confidence
banking liquidity in East Asia
central bank policy reactions
commodity and currency volatility
investor behavior and capital flight
We are here because world markets are reacting faster than governments can. Stocks and currencies are surging or collapsing on speculation, risk‑pricing, and perceived intent.
Each of you represents a distinct lever of financial or commercial power, from central bank policy, to corporate capital allocation, to trade regulation, to resource distribution. Your actions will influence market perceptions, investor confidence, and risk calculations.
This is not a military summit. There is no declared conflict. But the economic battlefield shapes strategic behavior, and military planners may interpret financial shifts as signals of weakness, escalation, cohesion, or resolve.
Your task today is to navigate this financial crisis with both national interest and global stability in mind. The world is watching markets for guidance, and markets are watching you.
You begin in a moment of heightened uncertainty, with currencies fluctuating, shipments stalling, credit thinning, and gold rising as a hedge against doubt. In such an environment, even a statement, a regulation, or a corporate decision may trigger worldwide effects.
Proceed knowing that economic power is strategic power... and in the Silicon Strait, money moves before armies do.
Simulated "Tickers":
TSM - Taiwan Semiconductor
AAPL - Apple Inc
NVDA - Nvidia
LMT - Lockheed Martin
XOM - Exxon Mobil
MAERSK - Maersk Global Shipping
GS - Goldman Sachs
HK - Bank of China
TW - Cathay (Taiwan) Banking
OIL - Brent Crude Oil
XAU - Gold Futures
BTC - Bitcoin
Delegate List:
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai
Federal Reserve Chair Jermone Powell
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet
Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon
Peoples Bank of China Governor Yi Gang
Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao
Vice Premier for Finance He Lifeng
Bank of China President Liu Jin
China Integrated Circuit Investment Fund President Ding Wenwu
China National Offshore Oil Corporation Chairman Wang Dongjin
Baidu CEO Robin Li
Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Mei-hua
Taiwan Central Bank Governor Yang Chin-long
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Chairman Mark Liu
Cathay Financial Holdings Chairman Daniel Wu
Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc
Foxconn CEO Young Li