{"id":30812,"date":"2025-08-26T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=30812"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:01:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T05:01:55","slug":"the-end-of-globalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/08\/the-end-of-globalization\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of Globalization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Globalization has allowed countries to be more connected, with their economies and societies becoming very much dependent on each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While globalization is not dead yet, PWC Global Chairman Robert Moritz believes it will go through a very important shift into regionalization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will this be the end of globalization as we know it?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video where Bloomberg\u2019s New Economy Forum\u2019s delegates give their two cents about the future of every nation\u2019s interconnectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Is This The End of Globalization?\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RU7-qDXmnXc?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to rewire<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u00a0\u201c<em>Globalization is not dead, it\u2019s going to be <\/em><strong><em>rewired<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u201d Use the word in a sentence. Give a synonym.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explain the meaning of \u201c<strong>fragmentation<\/strong>\u201d in trade. <em>\u201cThat doesn\u2019t mean you will have <\/em><strong><em>fragmentation<\/em><\/strong><em> in the sense of totally competitive blocs because they\u2019re also trying very hard to increase their trade exposure and exports to each other in order to grow their economies.\u201d <\/em>Use the term in a sentence.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>disaggregation<\/strong>\u201d mean in economics? \u201c<em>The possible outcome is that we\u2019re going to have economic growth not stemming from global integration, but from <\/em><strong><em>disaggregation<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u201d Use the word in a sentence.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Share your insights on nations shifting to doing trade more on the regional, bilateral, or just among smaller number of countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What might be the impacts when countries shift to regionalization instead of globalization?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globalization, regionalization, and fragmentation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you agree or disagree that what we have now is regionalization and not fragmentation? Discuss.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you think that the breakdown of the global economy into distinct economic and trade blocs in North America, Europe, and Asia will not result to fragmentation? Explain.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate&nbsp; Globalization has allowed countries to be more connected, with their economies and societies becoming very much dependent on each other. While globalization is not dead yet, PWC Global Chairman Robert Moritz believes it will go through a very important shift into regionalization. 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