Commentary: In a speech in China, Apple’s CEO says that although globalization hasn’t been good for everyone, isolation isn’t good for a country’s people.
He’s for a big world.
America is entering a new era of so-called economic nationalism .
This seems to involve putting America first, drifting away from some alliances, and not funding Meals on Wheels .
Not everyone has yet embraced this new national go-it-alone spirit. Apple’s Tim Cook, for example, believes it has its downsides.
As The Wall Street Journal reports, Cook gave a speech in China on Saturday, one that trumpeted a different world order.
He said globalism « in general is great for the world. » Some might say that in general it’s great for Apple to make its products cheaply in China and sell them at a huge margin in the US and elsewhere.
But back to Cook. He clearly seems worried about any movement away from globalization.
