What has WWII got to tell us about globalisation? The answer, a lot.

It took international co-operation, co-ordination and a subsuming of national sovereignty (British troops, for example, were under US control in some theatres) as well as a deepening of economic, political and social ties, to bring the Second World War to a close. As we commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day Landings and the Battle …

Is the focus on tariffs on goods missing the point? Part two

As I discussed last week, global economic growth is at risk from the US government’s imposition of tariffs on trade with China. But the focus on physical trade in goods is also missing an important point: the future, and the present, for some countries, is more about data flows than physical products. Unlocking the benefits …