Tradewinds & the worst job in the world: selling globalization in an era of nationalism
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English - May 18, 2022 09:00 - 15 minutes - 14.4 MB - ★★★★ - 928 ratingsNews united nations davos global insider interview interviews international global international news world world leaders Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The free-wheeling globalization era is over: That makes life tough for
Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the British Trade Secretary charged with selling
her country’s “Global Britain” policy. Singapore’s Trade Minister Gan
Kim Yong has to cope with the rise of his massive neighbor, China. Both
are promoting export hubs battered from all sides as first Covid and now
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upend supply chains. Despite the World
Trade Organization’s failure to conclude new global trade deals or speed
up distribution of Covid vaccines, neither of these officials is giving
up on the global trade body.
The free-wheeling globalization era is over: That makes life tough for Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the British Trade Secretary charged with selling her country’s “Global Britain” policy. Singapore’s Trade Minister Gan Kim Yong has to cope with the rise of his massive neighbor, China. Both are promoting export hubs battered from all sides as first Covid and now Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upend supply chains. Despite the World Trade Organization’s failure to conclude new global trade deals or speed up distribution of Covid vaccines, neither of these officials is giving up on the global trade body.