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Arab News
April 28, 2018
When a WTO meeting in1999 was shut down by protesters, the elite proponents of globalization had to face a new reality; real and sustained talk of, and growing calls for, anti-globalization. Protesters and detractors often quote statistics and case studies of the disastrous effects of globalization, and urge aÃâà...
The Straits Times
April 28, 2018
Asean leaders yesterday said they were "deeply concerned" over the rising tide of protectionism and anti-globalisation sentiment, and reiterated their continued support for a multilateral trading system. In a statement issued at the end of the 32nd Asean Summit in Singapore, the member states reaffirmedÃâà...
eco-business.com
April 27, 2018
We have not only witnessed Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the Belgian opposition to the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada in the recent past, but more recently, we have seen anti-globalisation sentiments heating up even in the United States, once the strongest architect andÃâà...
Xinhua
April 10, 2018
NEW DELHI, April 11 (Xinhua) -- The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could be regarded as an antidote to anti-globalization and protectionism given its emphasis on peace and cooperation as well as openness and inclusion among its partner nations, says one scholar. Developing countries would benefitÃâà...
ecns
April 8, 2018
The anti-globalization sentiment that originated from the West continues to spread over the world, and is challenging Asian economic integration, a report released by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) said Sunday.[Special coverage]. According to the "Progress of Asian Economic Integration Annual ReportÃâà...
ecns
April 8, 2018
China will continue to open up and stick to an innovation-driven strategy for State-owned enterprises (SOEs) despite a rise of anti-globalization in the world, the head of China's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) said on Sunday. In an interview with State broadcasterÃâà...
Financial Express
April 4, 2018
Call these interesting or 'intriguing' times. From the podium of the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2017, President Xi Jinping spoke like a statesman and gave a clarion call to globalisation. Continuing, in 2018, he championed for “creating a shared future in a fractured world,” although giving a miss to aÃâà...
Investment Week
April 3, 2018
Our first concern surrounds a potential rise in anti-globalisation sentiment, which could affect capital flows into the US and specifically into fixed income. The increasing cost of hedging US fixed income could provide another brake on flows. This cost is driven by growing interest rate differentials betweenÃâà...
Xinhua
April 3, 2018
Speaking to Xinhua ahead of the annual Boao Forum recently, which is scheduled for April 8-11 in south China's Hainan Province, Siphana said 2018 started with a lot of mixed global and regional developments, like the prospects of trade war, geo-political rivalries, protectionism, and anti-globalizationÃâà...
Financial Express
March 30, 2018
He was sharing his views on 'Anti-Globalisation in the era of Trump.' The professor at Columbia University clearly stated that the recent 'protectionist' measures taken by Donald Trump will hurt no one else more but the citizens of the US. “Trump's trade tactics will hurt growth of the US economy. The rise inÃâà...
The Nation
March 28, 2018
Brussels should take such measures also to negate Washington's anti-globalisation because a decade ago when the West was in trouble, China injected confidence into world market and extended help to prevent the global financial system from collapsing. Now, when Washington is threatening to derailÃâà...
The Express Tribune
March 23, 2018
An Apple logo is seen on the building's facade as activists from the anti-globalisation organisation Attac hold the protest against alleged tax evasion by Apple company in front of an Apple store in Frankfurt, Germany, March 10, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS. Ireland on Friday chose Amundi, BlackRockÃâà...
Handelsblatt Global Edition
March 22, 2018
It makes one to suspect that the real purpose of the tax plan is to fuel anti-American and anti-globalization sentiment — mainly in France. The EU will only be able to plug the digital tax gaps by exerting pressure at the group of industrialized nations, the OECD, to ensure that all big nations act in concert.
Transfin.
March 15, 2018
Editor's Comment: Below are excerpts of an exclusive interview with Pascal Lamy, a French political consultant and businessman, and former Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) around the ongoing discourse on anti-globalization, protectionism and rejection of free trade. Pascal Lamy. NumerousÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 13, 2018
"We also know that new trends such as anti-globalisation, nationalism, as well as increased major power rivalry together may imperil our stability and economic success and undermine Asean's centrality as an organisation," he said, adding that the institute will study these changes and contribute toÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 13, 2018
"We also know that new trends such as anti-globalisation, nationalism as well as increased major power rivalry together may imperil our stability and economic success and undermine Asean's centrality as an organisation," he said, adding that the institute will study these changes and contribute toÃâà...
Eurasia Daily
March 13, 2018
The March elections in Italy turned a new page for the European anti-globalization movement. Three out of the ten winning parties (eight parties within a coalition and two independent parties) - 5-Star Movement (M5S, with “Participate, Choose, Change” slogan), the League (Lega, Italians First) and theÃâà...
The Local France
March 13, 2018
Kennedy, who later made headlines in Britain when he was unmasked as an undercover cop spying on environmentalists, reported that Coupat participated in violent anti-globalisation protests against international summit meetings. Investigators also relied heavily on passages from a 2007 book attributedÃâà...
New York Times
March 11, 2018
Still, Ms. Le Pen made clear that a new name would in no way change the party's anti-immigration, anti-European Union and anti-globalization platform. In her speech, she railed against the “submersion” of immigrants and against “globalism and Islamism, two ideologies that want to dominate the world.”.
The Times
March 8, 2018
In the eyes of the world, Brexit and the Trump presidency are two sides of the same coin. Their triumphs in 2016 are seen as part of a worldwide anti-establishment, anti-globalisation populist rebellion. Many Brexiteers — including Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader — revel in the comparison, as doesÃâà...
Illinois Times
March 8, 2018
In both France and Germany, the center, which is pro-EU and in favor of European collaboration, is holding, but barely, while in many other countries the anti-EU, anti-immigrant and anti-globalization feelings are rife, as just demonstrated in Italy. Commentators ask why Europe is turning against its historicÃâà...
Livemint
March 8, 2018
Trump's rise to power was primarily based on an anti-globalization and anti-immigration agenda. With Cohn's resignation, Trump will be surrounded largely by advisers who favour aggressive trade measures such as tariff walls, for which Trump campaigned in 2016. The latest developments have broughtÃâà...
Livemint
March 7, 2018
Trump's tariff hikes will lead to rising protectionism, even if they do not escalate into a full-fledged trade war, and strengthen the anti-globalization forces across the world. Nearly a decade after the crash of 2008, the world is yet to recover fully from the global economic crisis. A slowdown in trading activityÃâà...
University World News
March 7, 2018
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InsideSources
March 5, 2018
... China in technology and in particular AI is actually not interconnected. They are separate. The Chinese are developing different companies in a different ecosystem. They're creating a splinter-net as opposed to an internet. And that is probably the most important anti-globalization trend in the world today.
ecns
March 1, 2018
The country has been an ideal workplace as the US and European countries are tightening immigration policies amid the anti-globalization trend, Lin noted. Attracting foreign talent also includes inland cities. The government of Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province has vowed to offer 10 million yuanÃâà...
CNN
March 1, 2018
The movement's name signifies the five things the party says it cares about most -- protection of the environment, public transport, free access to water for everyone, sustainable development and the right to internet access. It is also anti-globalization, anti-free trade, euroskeptic and against the vaccination ofÃâà...
Toronto Star
February 28, 2018
It was marred however by violent anti-globalization protests and excessive police security which led to the kettling of more than 1,000 citizens and by a spending scandal that erupted over the Conservatives' diversion of border security funds to pay for all kinds of goodies in Tony Clement's Muskoka ridingÃâà...
Newsweek
February 21, 2018
... and poor Americans contributed to making the MAGA slogan a rallying cry for his campaign. But while economic woes may explain some of his support—income and income growth do not fully capture Trump's anti-globalization appeal. Education and race were much stronger predictors of the 2016 vote.
American Council on Science and Health
February 6, 2018
The recently-published “Social Justice Warrior Handbook,” which satirizes people who promote liberal, multicultural, anti-capitalist, anti-globalization, politically correct views, could have had Indian activist and mountebank Vandana Shiva on the cover. She opposes the tools and practices of modernÃâà...
Boston Review
January 30, 2018
Globalization is in deep trouble. In the United States, the election of Donald Trump and the wave of proposals to renounce old trade agreements, refuse new ones, and close borders to immigrants all suggest that populist and anti-globalization forces are succeeding. Elsewhere around the world, hostility toÃâà...
The Conversation UK
January 25, 2018
In the 1990s the anti-globalisation movement opposed neoliberal economic integration from a range of perspectives, with a particular emphasis on the Global South. The movement was populated by activists, non-governmental organisations and groups with a variety of concerns: peace, climate change,Ãâà...
Democracy Now!
November 30, 2017
In the updated edition of Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz's new book, “Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited: Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump,” he argues that when Trump became president, he “threw a hand grenade into the global economic order.” We speak with Stiglitz aboutÃâà...
Deutsche Welle
July 9, 2017
The "Battle of Seattle" in 1999 marked the unofficial start of the anti-globalization movement. Organizing under the radar, this new protest movement burst onto the scene with tens of thousands taking to the streets - and shutting the city down. Protesters criticized the World Trade Organization (WTO) asÃâà...
The Conversation CA
December 31, 1999
We have not only witnessed Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the Belgian opposition to the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada in the recent past, but more recently, we have seen anti-globalization sentiments heating up even in the United States, once the strongest architect andÃâà...
The Weather Network
December 31, 1999
We have not only witnessed Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, the Belgian opposition to the trade agreement between the European Union and Canada in the recent past, but more recently, we have seen anti-globalization sentiments heating up even in the United States, once the strongest architect andÃâà...
Observer Research Foundation (blog)
December 31, 1999
The anti globalisation stance of the rich countries today is strange, and shortsighted. Globalisation had begun in the western world after the World War II with the establishment of the Bretton Woods institutions which championed economic liberalisation and free trade. The West, specially the US, benefitedÃâà...
ANSA
December 31, 1999
(ANSA) - Genoa, March 9 - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that an appeal filed by police officials on a case pertaining to a notorious and bloody round-up at a Genoa school housing anti-globalisation protesters at the 2001 Group of Eight summit in northern Italy is admissible.
The Business Times
December 31, 1999
Through free trade has been unfairly blamed for economic problems around the world, Singapore believes the answer is not to retreat from global competition, said Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan. PHOTO: REUTERS. Singapore. THOUGH free trade has been unfairly blamed for economicÃâà...
Stuff.co.nz
December 31, 1999
Anti-globalisation sentiments will rise further, but may prove futile. Governments preparing for this next phase of globalisation should be thinking about how we deal with global monopolies, co-ordinating and enforcing rules across a coalition of countries. To date, efforts to tax and regulate global companiesÃâà...
