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Jean-Pierre Lehmann
  • 2 march 2008

    Is Free Trade Heading for Eclipse?

    Rising insecurity, the uncharted and seemingly turbulent waters in which the global economic ship is heading, is occurring amidst frightening environmental degradation and climate change, apprehensions related to “identification” and immigration, the steep decline of the U.S. and the quagmire of the Middle East, the seemingly daunting industrial and financial muscle of China, rising inequality and high levels of poverty, and the fear of possible devastating pandemics.

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Is Free Trade Heading for Eclipse?

Rising insecurity, the uncharted and seemingly turbulent waters in which the global economic ship is heading, is occurring amidst frightening environmental degradation and climate change, apprehensions related to “identification” and immigration, the steep decline of the U.S. and the quagmire of the Middle East, the seemingly daunting industrial and financial muscle of China, rising inequality and high levels of poverty, and the fear of possible devastating pandemics.

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