Prospect Podcast

Barry Eichengreen: Is the end of globalisation near?

September 20, 2023
Image: White House Photo / Alamy
Image: White House Photo / Alamy

Donald Trump, Brexit, Covid-19: for a little while it seemed like nothing could stop the march of globalisation. But as tussles between the US and China come more sharply to the fore, will it finally have met its match? Barry Eichengreen, economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, joins Alan Rusbridger to discuss whether free trade and global markets can endure in the face of growing geopolitical rivalries.