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The Death of Davos?

May 27, 2022 // Now that we have entered a new period of geopolitical conflict, protectionism, and regionalism, one wonders whether the cosmopolitan, globalized world of Davos is gone forever. The critical issue looking ahead will be how to maintain global cooperation on global challenges, writes Carl Bildt. Read Full…
bubmag
May 28, 2022
Protectionism

China’s insistence on food security is hurting consumers

Food security was featured prominently during the Two Sessions that ended on March 11, the country’s most important annual political meeting. Both President Xí Jìnpíng 习近平 and outgoing premier Lǐ Kèqiáng 李克强 highlighted their concerns about keeping China’s food supply secure. One of the slogans that came out of the…
bubmag
March 21, 2022
Protectionism

Market protectionism; raising the drawbridge – Ivo Vegter

This is a great treatise on the dangers of protectionism, the last resort of states desperately trying to compensate for their lack of competitiveness on the global market. South Africa is no exception. Free trade – that is, the opposite of ‘buy-local’ policies – allows consumers to pay less for…
bubmag
February 18, 2022