Richard OUELLET, LY Van Anh, NGUYEN Ngoc Ha,
HA Cong Anh Bao, Antoine COMONT

This third edition of the International Student Conference organized by the Research Chair on New Challenges of Economic Globalization (NEME) in partnership with the Hanoi Foreign Trade University (FTU), was devoted to the theme: New Challenges, New Actors, New Dynamics: Towards a New Economic Globalization?

Held in two sessions – on May 12, 2025, at Université Laval in Québec, and on May 28, 2025, at the FTU in Hanoi – the conference brought together students and speakers from a wide range of geographical and disciplinary backgrounds, thereby offering a rich diversity of perspectives on the dynamics of globalization.

Situated at the crossroads of transformations, ruptures, and possibilities, this volume, published under the auspices of Teseo Press, bears witness to the intellectual vitality of a generation that questions globalization without resignation, dissects it with clarity, and approaches it with a critical creativity that is more necessary than ever.

The five chapters that make up these proceedings follow three broad paths proposed to the participants: the new challenges, the new actors, and the new dynamics of economic globalization. From these angles, the contributors explore fields as varied as digital trade, data protection, climate transitions, food security, sovereignty, transformations in regulation, value chains, culture, investment, new regionalisms, and the growing presence of non-state actors in the international arena.

As they turn these pages, readers will encounter as many diagnoses as itineraries. Each contribution sketches a fragment of an answer to the question that runs through our time: what kind of globalization are we moving toward? Perhaps not the one of yesterday, certainly not the one we feared, but rather a globalization under reconstruction – fragmented and inventive – guided by the search for more subtle balances between openness and protection, growth and sustainability, efficiency and justice.

The selection of articles followed a demanding process, structured around a thorough evaluation and detailed feedback from members of the jury, followed by a rigorous editorial review carried out by the editors of the volume.

The quality of the contributions owes much to the commitment of all those involved, to whom we extend our deepest gratitude.

For the Québec session, the jury was composed of: Ms. Laurence Marquis, Professor at the Université de Sherbrooke; Mr. Charles Codère, Postdoctoral Researcher, NEME Chair; Mr. Milcar Jeff Dorcé, Postdoctoral Researcher, NEME Chair; Ms. Emilie Price, Advisor in International Affairs, Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie; and Mr. Thierry Uhel Gagnon, Trade Policy Advisor, Ministry of the Economy, Innovation and Energy.

For the Hanoi session, we had the honor of relying on a jury of great academic and professional diversity, bringing together seasoned experts from the Hanoi School of Foreign Trade and several Vietnamese institutions. The evaluation of the papers benefited from the contributions of professors from the FTU – Ms. HO Thuy Ngoc, Ms. NGUYEN Minh Hang, Mr. NGO Quoc Chien, Mr. NGUYEN Ngoc Ha, Ms. TRAN Thu Phuong, Ms. DAO Kim Anh, Ms. VU Kim Ngan, Ms. LY Vuong Thao, Ms. NGUYEN Dieu Thai; from the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam – Ms. NGO Thi Trang and Ms. LY Van Anh (also Deputy Director of the NEME Chair, Université Laval); from Vietnam National University in Hanoi – Mr. NGO Trong Quan; from the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice – Mr. CAO Xuan Phong; as well as Mr. NGUYEN Tuan Phat, Director of the Asia Clean Capital Vietnam law firm, and Ms. BUI Thi Thu Ha, expert at Oxfam. Their generous commitment, critical insight, and availability greatly enhanced the scientific and pedagogical quality of this edition.

We also wish to express our sincere gratitude to the Faculty of Law of Université Laval and the FTU’s Faculty of Law for their support, both logistical and institutional, as well as to the Québec ministries for their invaluable scientific and financial assistance. The publication of these proceedings was furthermore made possible through a grant from the Student Investment Fund of the Faculty of Law at Université Laval. This multidimensional mobilization, sustained with constancy and generosity, made it possible to create a genuine space for intellectual exchange, fostering international dialogue and offering participants an experience that was at once profoundly formative, inspiring, and motivating. Their unwavering engagement constitutes the foundation upon which the success of this third edition of the conference was built and reflects their determination to actively support academic youth and scientific excellence.

Finally, we wish to acknowledge the remarkable editorial work carried out by Ms. Séréna Ortigosa-Fernandez and Mr. Alan Bron, doctoral candidates of the NEME Chair, whose contributions were invaluable to the quality of this publication.

May these proceedings, firmly grounded in reality yet open to the future, nourish the reflections of all those who seek to grasp globalization not as a fixed monolith, but as a work in progress – collective, fragile, and deeply human.

 

Québec – Hanoi, 2025