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Central Europe, focused on its own economic development and on nationalism, as it was the time when it was finally free of imperial rule... Fast-forward: ten years almost to the day after this G20 Declaration, Donald TRUMP boasted on social media, calling himself "Tariff Man." Emmanuel MACRON's statement right before lockdown in March 2020, despite its much more civilized, less head-on tone, was also significant: "What this pandemic has shown is that some services, must remain outside of market law. Entrusting our food, our protection, our ability to provide care, our living environment in short, to others, is madness." It is crystal clear that globalization has changed. A few days ago, China withdrew as AFC Asian Cup 2023 host. This means that, today, China believes that next year, three and a half years after the pandemic began, it still won't be able to welcome foreigners in great numbers. Something has changed. Not only because of the war in Ukraine, and actually not a monolithic..

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