Trade grew twice as fast as world GDP between 1980 and 2008. Martin: There is a fear that it will reverse because of political pressure to reduce dependence on trade. "I avoid war. We've seen what war does," he says.
The FT’s chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, discusses why geopolitics could be the biggest threat to globalisation.
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Geopolitics is the biggest threat to globalisation
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