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Analysis: The death of globalisation?

27/02/2023

The death of globalisation?

BBC Radio 4 - Analysis, The death of globalisation?

Are we witnessing the death of globalisation?

Is globalisation really ending? If so, should we consider this a cause for celebration or concern?

Professor Ian Goldin explores globalisation, and asks how far the world is fragmenting politically and economically, and what the consequences of that could be. 

Since around 1990, with the end of the Cold War, the opening of China, global agreements to reduce trade barriers and the development of the internet, there has been a dramatic acceleration of globalisation. 

But its shortcomings are under the spotlight. Governments are making policy choices that protect their industries, and there’s a knock on effect on other countries and consumers around the world.  

How can the challenges be addressed? 

With contributions from: 

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. 
Minouche Shafik, President and vice-chancellor of the London School of Economics
Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor of The Economist 
Rana Foroohar,  Financial Times commentator and author.
Kishore Mahbubani, former Ambassador to the UN

Credits: 
CBS News, 24.09.19 – Donald Trump addressing the UN General Assembly in New York, pushing his ‘America First’ agenda.   
Conservative party, 02.10.19 – Boris Johnson at Conservative party conference ‘Let’s get Brexit done.’ 
The White House, 04.03.22 – Joe Biden announce his ‘Made in America’ commitments. 
World Economic Forum, 18.01.23 - German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, addresses the World Economic For in Davos, warning of the dangers of de-globalisation.
BBC Newsnight,19.02.97 - Reporter Mike Robertson, reports on Xiao Ping’s economic legacy.
BBC interview, 2005 - Tim Berners Lee describes the creation of the worldwide web.
BBC Newsnight, 10.11.89 – reporter piece from the Berlin Wall. 
BBC Radio 5Live, 26.01.23 – Latest UK car manufacturing figures from 5Live presenter Rachel Burden and detail from BBC Business editor, Simon Jack.
Courtesy, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, 26.11.88 – Ronald Reagan’s radio address to the nation where he reminds the US to be thankful for economic prosperity generated by global trade.     
Courtesy, William J. Clinton Presidential Library, 28.01.2000 - President Clinton addresses the World Economic Forum about the connections between the global economy and US prosperity.

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