Globalization

Trump win forces Theresa May rethink on immigration & globalization

Trump’s surprise victory in the US presidential election has put pressure on politicians the world over to respond to voters’ demands for change by curbing the tides of globalization and immigration, the British prime minister will say.


In a speech at Mansion House in London on Monday night, Theresa May will pledge to turn the government’s attention to the concerns of the marginalized working class who feel they’ve been left behind.

“Change is in the air. And when people demand change, it is the job of politicians to respond,” she is expected to say.

“They see their communities changing around them and don’t remember giving their permission for that to be the case.”

The PM will say that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last week has exposed the need for a “new approach to managing the forces of globalization.”

During his campaign, Trump repeatedly blamed globalization and international trade deals like NAFTA for the demise of America’s manufacturing sector, appealing to the Rust Belt voters that helped clinch his victory last Tuesday.

Globalization

The Lesson of Margaret Thatcher’s Demise and the Brexit Vote

No, no, no!” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (shown) told the House of Commons on October 30, 1990, to a proposal for a more centralized government in Europe.

European Commission President Jacque Delors had announced his support for centralizing power in Europe, away from national governments such as the United Kingdom. He proposed that the European Parliament become the “democratic” body of the European Community, with the Commission as the executive and the Council of Ministers the senate.

Thatcher completely rejected the idea of a European super-state, which would have seriously curtailed the national sovereignty of Great Britain. Despite her having led the Conservative Party to its longest tenure of power in decades, by winning three national elections, she almost immediately faced a rebellion and ouster within her own party.

What happened to Thatcher demonstrates the immense power of the elites who favor globalization.

Globalization

Trump slams globalization, promises to upend economic status quo

Donald Trump on Tuesday trashed U.S. trade policies that he said have encouraged globalization and wiped out American manufacturing jobs in a speech in which he promised to herald a U.S. economic resurgence.

Speaking before a colorful backdrop of crushed aluminum cans, Trump pitched himself at a factory in Rust Belt Pennsylvania as a change agent who would bring back manufacturing jobs and end the "rigged system," which he argued presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton represents.

Trump promised sweeping changes if elected -- including killing the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement -- and urged voters to be wary of a "campaign of fear and intimidation" aimed at swaying them away from his populist message.