Globalization in the Age of Trump

Published by rudy Date posted on June 27, 2017

by Pankaj Ghemawat, JULY–AUGUST 2017 ISSUE

Business leaders are scrambling to adjust to a world few imagined possible just a year ago. The myth of a borderless world has come crashing down. Traditional pillars of open markets—the United States and the UK—are wobbling, and China is positioning itself as globalization’s staunchest defender. In June 2016, the Brexit vote stunned the European Union, and the news coverage about globalization turned increasingly negative in the U.S. as the presidential election campaign progressed.

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