Abishur Prakash is co-founder and geopolitical futurist at Toronto-based consultancy Center for Innovating the Future and author of "The World Is Vertical: How Technology Is Remaking Globalization."
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An assembly line at Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory: The Indian government has warned the U.S. company against importing electric cars made in China. © Xinhua/AP
Abishur Prakash is co-founder and geopolitical futurist at Toronto-based consultancy Center for Innovating the Future and author of "The World Is Vertical: How Technology Is Remaking Globalization."