(Dis)integration processes: Vulnerabilities of a globalised world
... regressive, disintegration processes on a higher level are accompanied by a growing demand for integration processes on the lower, regional level. For example, trade wars between the US and China or restrictions imposed on foreign investments by the European Union are a part of global disintegration. In the shadow of the new EU industrial strategy, dirigisme will grow in the European economy, market mechanisms will become more distorted, and protectionism to support one’s own competitiveness will ...