Donald Trump boasted during his campaign to be president that “Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo”. He was so pleased with the slogan he put it on a $20 T-shirt. His promise to start building and making things again, bringing jobs back from overseas, made him one of the most protectionist figures to run for high office for years. It was proof that globalisation had become a dirty word, that the idea of open markets and international trade was not just detached from most people’s lives, but of detriment to it. Last night Theresa May mounted a case for the defence, arguing that liberalism and globalisation have delivered unprecedented levels of wealth and opportunity, lifting millions out of poverty and improving living standards and…

Source: The Times November 15, 2016 09:03 UTC