Global Trade: Fact And Fiction (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Something new is happening in global trade. It’s declining. After decades where Chinese factories boomed and the trend line was always up, it’s flat and down. Empty, idled container ships. US trade, too - down during a period of economic growth for the first time since World War II. On the campaign trail, trade-bashing is hot. That may be fighting the last war. Some say the great age of globalization is over. This hour On Point, what it means when trade goes flat. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2016/11/03/global-trade-nafta-ceta-tpp