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Venezuela’s Maduro Entreats Latin America Not to Isolate Him
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called upon Latin America on Saturday not to give in to “brutal pressure” from the United States to isolate his government, which is battling intensifying opposition...
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Why Neither Brexit Nor Trump Will Fix the World’s Job Problems
Britain's vote to exit the European Union and the success of Donald Trump's candidacy, with its stated intent to redo trade deals and get rid of immigrants, may result in part from the reality of...
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GE’s Immelt Says Brexit Shows ‘the Failure of Bureaucracies’
Britain's decision was a setback for the global economic order. Here's how GE plans to keep growing in a protectionist world. The results of the U.K. referendum on Brexit have caught the markets and...
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Donald Trump Plays Off Globalization Anger
In his speech accepting the Republican nomination Thursday night, Donald Trump broke every rule of conventional politics. Breaking the rules has worked extraordinarily well for him, but Thursday...
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Michael Bloomberg Has a Lot to Lose From a Trump Presidency
Michael Bloomberg's decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for the presidency very much reflects his belief - first articulated in a Bloomberg View column earlier this year — that Donald Trump "has run...
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No Party for Business
Business leaders may take some comfort from the fact that Hillary Clinton chose Tim Kaine as her running mate. He was one of only 13 Democrats who pushed for fast track authority to approve the...
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A Manifesto for Corporate Leadership
Good morning, I’m in Philadelphia this morning, but rather than dwell on the Democratic convention, I want to focus on what it symbolizes. We live in a time of unprecedented prosperity - the last two...
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Challenging Trump, the Huawei Way
What was striking about Donald Trump’s economic speech yesterday was that most of it could have been given by Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, or indeed any other GOP candidate of the post-Reagan era. Cut tax...
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The March of the Protectionists
If anyone doubts that globalization – the defining trend of post-World War II history – has hit a serious roadblock, this morning's news should convince them otherwise. First, there is the...
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Tens of Thousands Protest in Europe Against Atlantic Free Trade Deals
Tens of thousands of people protested in European cities on Saturday against planned free trade deals with the United States and Canada they say would undermine democracy and lower food safety,...
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The High Cost of Spurning Asia
Good morning. My colleague Norman Pearlstine, vice chairman of Time Inc., attended this weekend’s annual “Singapore Summit,” where globalization is still in fashion, and filed the following report:...
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Here’s What Jack Ma Thinks American Voters are Getting Wrong
Jack Ma hears the message American voters are sending in this election, and he doesn’t like it. During a discussion on global trade at the United Nations on Tuesday evening, Ma argued that the...
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Theresa May Officially Bids Farewell to Margaret Thatcher’s Legacy
For the last 40 years, Britain’s Conservative Party has essentially been the party of Margaret Thatcher: free-wheeling, free-market, globalist. Not any more. Theresa May, the second woman to be both...
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President Obama: Protectionism Isn’t the Answer to Global Inequalities
America must work with all nations to build stronger economies, recognizing the inequalities that globalization can generate but refusing to give in to protectionism, U.S. President Barack Obama wrote...
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After November, Donald Trump’s Ideas Will Linger
It would be easy, surveying the political landscape these days, to conclude Americans are keen to slam the brakes on globalization. For the first time in modern history, the two major-party...
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The Biggest Issue That Carried Trump to Victory
Wisconsin has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1984. Pennsylvania and Michigan have not done so since 1988. Yet on Tuesday, all three voted for Donald Trump, blowing through the...
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Here’s How Donald Trump Can Fight Globalization
One of Donald Trump’s most effective slogans during the presidential campaign was “America First.” Evidence from exit polls shows that in formerly Democrat-leaning states that were decisive in Donald...
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Why the EU Still Matters in a Fracturing World
When the European Union's 28 heads of state meet for the European Council summit on Thursday, they'll need to address the profound crisis of legitimacy surrounding the postwar European idea. The...
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China’s Coming Out Party
Good morning. It's no surprise Donald Trump didn't send an official representative to Davos this year (although adviser Anthony Scaramucci is here on an "unofficial” basis, and hosting his annual wine...
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Direct from Davos: The Buzz on Tech and Globalization
Greetings again from snowy Davos, Switzerland, where I am attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting. I moderated a panel Tuesday morning about what impact buzzy technologies like 3D printing,...
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