18/04/2025

The global trading system has come under fire from Donald Trump. Globalisation was supposed to lift developing nations out of poverty and increase wealth. Mark Lobel discusses if those objectives have been met decades on with Anastasia Nesvetailova, head of macroeconomic and development policies at the UN Trade and Development agency.

And has America gotten a bad deal? Author and economist Mark Weisbrot takes us through the winners and losers from a globalised economy.

Plus, a deep dive into the generic drug market with a truly global company, Sandoz. It's Europe's biggest provider of non-branded prescriptions. The CEO Richard Saynor explains how his company is helping to keep health costs lower and how trade tariffs are likely to impact the business.