TOKYO -- Escalating tensions between the U.S. and China have raised fears that the world is on the brink of an all-out trade war. But one top economist and trade policy expert dismissed the risks in a recent interview with the Nikkei Asian Review.
“Anti-globalization sentiment is largely exaggerated,” said Richard Baldwin, a professor at the Graduate Institute in Geneva. “People conflate, or confuse, anti-immigration with anti-globalization.”
