Comment on “The Future of East Asia’s Trade: A Call for Better Globalization”.

The article offers comments on the paper "The future of East Asia's trade: A call for better globalization" by Pangestu M. Topics discussed include impact of slower growth in both productivity and innovation on slowdown in trade; impact of ongoing information technology (IT) revolution, robotization on global value chains; and problems of rising economic and political uncertainty than rising protectionism.