2016 will be remembered as the year Donald Trump — a wealthy, narcissistic political novice with a strong authoritarian bent — was elected president of the United States after campaigning
against economic globalization.
Not exact matches
Canada's trade agenda — and its difference to that of its North American neighbor the U.S. — has made news at the World
Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touting a «push back
against the anti-trade tendency in
globalization that will leave us all worse off.»
Polman foresaw a litany of other problems ahead, he told investors, listing these: «subdued
economic growth, geopolitical tension, the resultant backlash
against globalization and technology, a planet under increasing environmental stress, and the fragmentation of consumer trends, shopping channels, and media.»
Economic globalization has created class societies with differences in wealth and power as great as those
against which Marx protested.
Prior to Rio, it seemed that the disparate voices of protest
against corporation - dominated
economic globalization cancelled each other out.