As first a journalist in Asia, then a foreign service officer in
Europe, then a business executive in Europe, Asia, and Latin
America, then as a U.S. Trade Negotiator, and finally as the head of the
Economic Strategy Institute and an author, I have written primarily on how
globalization is fundamentally reshaping our future. I have seen its power to
enrich and also its potential for creating distortions and conflict. I have
come to realize that the American understanding of the purposes and dynamics of
globalization is quite different from that of the rest of the world and
particularly from that of Asia. That asymmetry underlies the present
unsustainable global economic imbalances and economic crises, the conflicts
that arise from them, and the inability of the global institutions to resolve
them.
I hope with this blog to contribute to better understanding of the conflicts and ultimately to contribute to a future of truly win-win
globalization for all players. In particular, I'll be watching the strategic
trade and industrial policies of Asia and Europe and at how they interact with
the more laissez-faire American approach in determining the shape of the
future.
My approach will be somewhat contrarian. I am firmly convinced
that globalization is not always a win-win proposition, that countries do compete
economically, and that there are winners and losers in this competition. So
I'll be keeping score. But most importantly, I'll be trying to take my readers
beyond the knee jerk orthodoxies and mythologies of
globalization to show them what is really happening. I look forward to
receiving, learning from, and responding to lots of criticism.
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