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Commentary Are ordinary people served or threatened by globalization? The term itself, of course, means different things depending ...

World leaders, financiers and chief executives said they were leaving this week's World Economic Forum with an urgent sense of the need to reboot and redefine 'globalization'.

Business leaders and experts spoke about the future of globalization at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Monday, as the global economy continued to be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising oil prices and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Here is a risk of "energy submission" by Italy to Russia, Premier Mario Draghi said Wednesday. © ANSA

In an address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Ukraine's President accused global business leaders of not doing enough to stop Russia's aggression. Plus, America's not-so-ambiguous strategy on Taiwan.

Journalist Peter Goodman talks about “Davos Man”, the Ukraine war, and why, despite all its flaws, Davos is still worth the trip.

The world economy does better with globalization. what is the future now? thats really the question for many people here. many people, of course, who are leading businesses that are facing serious challenges as the walls go up around the world and we face the economic head winds. >> nbcs keir simmons, thank you so much, as always. we greatly appreciate it. richard haass, it is fascinating how the past couple months, we talked about how its really shifted. the geopolitical map, sta teejic strateg...

In this kind of backlash against globalization to push it. but we have got to come back to that. i think. >> unfortunately i think we are further down that backlash of globalization. but it is an important matter for us to continue. susan, really helping to make a lot of sense of a series of complicated issues. we appreciate your time this morning. susan thornton is a retired senior usas diplomat who spent more than 30 years in the state department working in east asia and eurasia. shes director...

The massive benefits that have accrued thanks to dramatic and sustained reductions in the costs of crucial aspects of life such as food, clothing and technology. we are witnessing what happens when the economic winds move in the opposite direction, and costs start spiraling up. it might even make us all a little nostalgic for globalization. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my "washington post" article. and lets get started. ♪ on monday russias deputy foreign minister declared that finland ...

Will that be influential, or is this now solidly in the diplomatic camp to solve these issues? >> yes ali, it is a great question. in 2016 we are dealing with full on black lash to globalization in the united states. but we have got to remember the identity of this country is wrapped up in a free trade, expanding markets. we go abroad, we do things out there in the world. so it is very strange for the united states to be retreating from trade agreements, instead of promoting them. it is understa...