Globalization
‘Globalization’ – the increasing integration of different countries through the movement of goods and services, capital and people – can be a powerful force for improving people’s living standards and expanding the ranges of choices open to them. But it can also be disruptive – and many people are opposed to it for ideological reasons. I gave a series of talks on the topic in the early 2000s which are reproduced here.
Trump’s Apparent Tariffs Backflip
Economic Policies, Globalization, Recent Media Interview, The Global Economy | 10th April 2025Saul Eslake talks to ABC’s Hamish MacDonald about Donald Trump’s apparent tariffs backflip on 10th April 2025.
Trump’s Tariffs and China’s reaction
Economic Policies, Globalization, Recent Media Interview, The Global Economy, US Economy Video | 10th April 2025Saul Eslake talks to Turkish international channel TRT about US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, and their impact on global markets.
Tariffs, Global Economics, and the Future of Trade Policies
Economic Policies, Globalization, News, The Global Economy, US Economy Video | 8th April 2025Saul Eslake had a conversation with his [half-]sister Amanda Archibald about tariffs, global economics, and the future of trade policies.
Donald Trump, ‘reciprocal tariffs’, crazy formulae, penguins & seals, and the ghost of Al Capone
Economic Policies, Globalization, Registration, The Global Economy | 6th April 2025Inside Story commissioned an article from Saul Eslake about Donald Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, which you can either read there or the original text here below:
Erratic US Trade Policy
Economic Policies, Globalization, Recent Media Interview, The Global Economy, US Economy Video | 15th March 2025Saul Eslake talks to the ABC’s national business and finance reporter Alicia Barry about the risks of a US recession and the consequences of the economic policies being pursued by the Trump regime
Critics call for World Trade Organization reform
Globalization, Recent Media Interview, The Global Economy | 27th July 2022Saul Eslake talks to TRT-World about calls for reform of the World Trade Organization ahead of a meeting of its General Council in Geneva on 26th-27th July
New Threats to Globalization
Globalization | 12th April 2007Address to the 20th Asian Trade Promotion Forum, the Sydney Opera House, 12th April 2007
Globalization: Keeping the Gains
Globalization | 17th August 2003Presentation to a series of workshops arranged by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Trade Advocacy and Outreach Section, 2003