A Honda Motor Company 2017 Acura NSX sits on a lift at the Honda Performance Manufacturing Centre in Marysville, Ohio, in November 2016. Japan multinationals contribute the most foreign investment in Ohio, a rust belt swing state that responded favourably to Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric in the 2016 election. Photo: Bloomberg
Nobody is really against globalisation – at least not the parts that help them
Koichi Hamada says politicians who have stirred up resentment against globalisation – and the voters who have embraced the move – should ask themselves what they would do without foreign investment, or if a decline in bilateral relations crippled their economy
A Honda Motor Company 2017 Acura NSX sits on a lift at the Honda Performance Manufacturing Centre in Marysville, Ohio, in November 2016. Japan multinationals contribute the most foreign investment in Ohio, a rust belt swing state that responded favourably to Donald Trump’s protectionist rhetoric in the 2016 election. Photo: Bloomberg
