Moreover, I believe that the acceleration of travel and technology and telecommunications, together with a global economy that depends on a global supply chains, makes itself defeating. Ultimately, for those who seek to reverse this progress today, A nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself. So the answer cannot be a simple rejection of global integration. Instead, we must work together to make sure the benefits of such integration are broadly shared, and that the disruptions, economic, political and cultural that are caused by integration are squarely addressed. (10:15–10:19)
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Asserts that isolationist policies are self-defeating.
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