Globalisation News
Nissan’s destiny remains hitched to the wagon of globalization
This sputtering carmaker was a paragon of globalization once, with its fortunes revived by a French-Brazilian-Lebanese chief. But the Carlos Ghosn scandal still haunts Nissan, even as its business remains too globalized for an era of protectionism.
4 min read18 May 2025End of Globalisation for UK? PM Keir Starmer says ‘old assumptions should be discarded’
UK's Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to take measures this upcoming week to uphold the British national interest after US President Donald Trump's tariffs comes into effect.
2 min read6 Apr 2025Prachi Mishra: Don’t leave labour behind if globalization is to succeed
The eventual merits of global economic integration are well established, but since it has short-term winners and losers, its governance must be reset for public resistance to be overcome. Its outcomes need to be equitable.
4 min read31 Mar 2025Trump’s tariffs would worsen the China shock experienced by the rest of us
New US import barriers could result in cheap Chinese goods swamping non-US markets and hurting their local industries. It would serve the world economy far better if Trump pivots from a unilateral to a collaborative global strategy against China’s state-pushed exports.
4 min read3 Dec 2024Watch out, industrial strategy could leave us with a herd of white elephants
Industrial policy may have got rebranded as industrial strategy, but we still need a global dialogue on the proper place for industrial strategy in a country’s policy framework, or else we can expect many more ruinously expensive pale pachyderms.
5 min read15 Sep 2024China’s export thrust is pushing tariffs up across Asia
An influx of Chinese goods is making even governments friendly to Beijing raise trade barriers. Beijing’s subsidies for manufacturing to keep its economy growing mean overseas markets must contend with the overflow beyond its borders.
4 min read11 Sep 2024As a Trump victory becomes likelier, Europe re-engages with China
A tepid economic recovery, fear of Russian aggression, and the prospect of Trump’s return to the White House are making Europe more receptive to Beijing’s overtures.
6 min read13 Apr 2024Globalisation is at a record high despite the pandemic and geopolitical conflict: DHL report
The DHL Global Connectedness Index ranked India 62nd out of 181 economies on globalisation, saying the world’s fastest-growing major economy was poised to play an increasingly central role in the development of globalisation over the coming decades.
5 min read13 Mar 2024The destructive new logic that threatens globalisation
America is leading a dangerous global slide towards subsidies, export controls and protectionism
6 min read6 Apr 2023