In the face of recent crises in geopolitics, public health, and the environment, are people better served by the fragmentation of trading relationships or by a new kind of globalization? The WTO’s World Trade Report 2023 tackles the debate head on, as presented by Chief Economist Ralph Ossa.
Dec 2024
World Trade Report 2024 (S8 - Ep4)
Over the past 30 years, economic growth has improved living conditions for many people. However, not all individuals, regions and economies have benefited equally from the changes brought about by more open trade. The World Trade Report 2024 highlights trade’s role in supporting ... Show More
29m 54s
Sep 2023
Calling for the "reglobalization" of trade: WTO chief Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Ian Bremmer sits down with World Trade Organization Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first person from Africa to lead the organization, for a conversation about the good, the bad, and the future of global trade on the GZERO World podcast. In the last ha ... Show More
17m 42s
Sep 2022
The Economist Asks: In times of economic turmoil, can global trade help?
The World Trade Organisation was set up in 1995 to enable the multilateral trading system. But in the past decade, it’s come under pressure. Now, the global economy looks set to enter an unstable new phase. Host Anne McElvoy and Henry Curr, The Economist’s economics editor, trave ... Show More
27m 11s
Feb 2024
Australia’s Economic Future in a Shifting Geo-economic Landscape
Mike is joined by Dr. John Kunkel, Senior Economics Adviser at the United States Studies Centre. Dr. Kunkel has worked as an economist, speech writer, policy analyst, and adviser to government and industry executive and previously served as Chief of Staff to Australian Prime Mini ... Show More
37m 37s
May 2022
Is (De)globalization Ahead?
Amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, COVID-19 lockdowns and associated supply chain disruptions, globalization is arguably facing its biggest test of the post-Cold War era. In this episode of Exchanges at Goldman Sachs, Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for Internation ... Show More
27m 53s
Dec 2021
Forward Thinking on globalization and the evolving role of corporate leadership in the 21st century with Matthew Slaughter
In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Michael Chui talks with Matthew J. Slaughter, Paul Danos Dean and Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Slaughter takes the te ... Show More
32m 9s
Nov 2023
A Turning Point for Global Trade
International trade has shaped the world for much of the past century. Countries benefited from the global flow of goods, and the world became richer and safer. At the same time, many Americans lost their jobs to cheaper overseas competitors. Now, a series of compounding challeng ... Show More
40m 12s
Feb 2024
How geopolitical instability is affecting markets
As tensions in the Middle East continue to rise, what does this mean for markets and the global economy? Jared Cohen, president of Global Affairs and co-head of the Office of Applied Innovation at Goldman Sachs, and Sam Morgan, global head of fixed income currencies and commoditi ... Show More
9m 57s