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No, trade isn’t dead – but distance should die, says trade economist

After three waves of globalisation since 1850, the next will require the death of distance. Can it be done?

Nathan Smith
Wed, 28 Mar 2018

With all the talk of tariff battles, protectionism, deal renegotiations, general belligerency, rising labour costs, collapsing borders – these seem like dark times for international trade.

Or is it?

One of the world’s most influential economists, Professor Andrew Bernard, says the world

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Nathan Smith
Wed, 28 Mar 2018
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