Era of trade liberalisation “over” in the West, says visiting Indian expert

Era of trade liberalisation “over” in the West, says visiting Indian expert
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Nov. 13 (BusinessDesk) - A generation of trade liberalisation “as we know it” is over, says Shashi Tharoor, a leading Indian political and international figure, visiting New Zealand today. However, the trend against globalisation is a western phenomenon, not matched in developing economies, he says. A guest of the India Trade Alliance for a series of meetings in Auckland, Tharoor told BusinessDesk he believes a bilateral free trade agreement between New Zealand and India is possible, but that “trade liberalisation a...