Globalization always had its strong proponents and opponents; even while trade agreements proliferated over previous decades, demonstrators protested in the streets.For years globalization seemed like an unstoppable juggernaut to many of those on both of the issue,but now the balance between globalism and nationalism has shifted.We appear to have entered a new era of nationalism in which the global system is splintering andinternational trade isin a precarious state.

Consider why globalism is slowing or retreating, how international trade is threatened, and the wider implications of the newly unfolding world economic order.