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. 2022 Dec 16;57(6):345–351. doi: 10.1007/s10272-022-1085-y

What Endgame for the Deglobalisation Narrative?

Simon J Evenett 1,
PMCID: PMC9755783

Abstract

From the perspective of international economic governance, other than casting aspersions on the judgement of those that negotiated previous multilateral trade accords and the accession of China to the World Trade Organization, the deglobalisation narrative is silent on how to reform that organisation — or what to salvage from existing global trade rules.

Footnotes

Simon J. Evenett, University of St. Gallen; and St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade, Switzerland.

Comments on this piece are welcome — please send them to simon.evenett@unisg.ch.

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