>"The global external shocks require a total rethink, repurpose and reform of the process of globalisation."

>"Now is the time for African countries to start looking for African value chains or alternatives to global value chains."

"What should the next trading system be? Can we restore the capacity of the U.S. to produce—and of all nations to regulate capitalism?"

>"A prominent Republican economist admits that open markets have hurt some people. But tariffs, he says, aren’t the answer."

>"Vladimir Putin may be betting the West isn’t willing to pay the economic price to prevent a Russian move on Ukraine in an increasingly interconnected world."

"Globalisation is not a natural phenomenon, but the result of choices by politicians and businesses. So changes can – and should – be made, writes Phil Thornton, particularly in times of crisis"

"Free trade fatigue and strained supply chains were already fracturing the system before the virus accelerated nationalist impulses towards autarky or self-reliance"

"Shortages in the United States are piling up. Covid isn’t the only reason for the problem"

>"The long read: The year 2020 exposed the risks and weaknesses of the market-driven global system like never before. It’s hard to avoid the sense that a turning point has been reached"

"Faced with new global demographic, inflation and deglobalisation challenges that even “Japan has never really faced”, China should take swift actions to counter their possible negative effects, a senior economist and author has urged."

"Production is increasingly specialised, with firms concentrating workers on certain tasks that take advantage of outsourced intermediate inputs. This column uses a new framework where firms can adopt intermediate-intensive technologies _...Read More_

"Instead of dramatic deglobalization, we will likely see nationalists construct closed societies undergirded by open economies: a globalization without globalists."

"Deforestation in the Amazon • Poverty wanes in America • China’s population • Bulking up the British state & many more."

"Historic ruptures often generate and accelerate new global links."

"A new reality check is coming unless the west replicates its ‘whatever-it-takes approach’ to help poorer countries cope"