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Increasing interdependence among countries, combined with the ability for individuals or businesses to relocate to countries with few regulations has led to calls for more global governance. Disparate rules, such as when nations balk at reducing reliance on coal, have cross-border implications. Global challenges require global coordination, notes Kemal Derviş, vice president of the Brookings...

Analysts have suggested that British voters’ decision to exit the European Union signals a pronounced dislike for globalization – open trade, immigration and global institutions that set new standards. Phillip Lohaus argues that the term “globalizaiton” is “employed so loosely that it has lost nearly all meaning” and that it’s a scapegoat for populist anger. Lohaus warns against employing extreme...

Globalization has become the scapegoat for inequality, poor jobs, reduced wages and other economic problems – real and perceived – during the US presidential election. “What’s lost in the obsession with globalization is the fact that the American economy is driven mainly by domestic factors,” writes Robert Samuelson in a column for the Washington Post, adding that about 75 percent of the US...