Battered by the constant barrage of government mismanagement, corruption, and failure to improve social mobilization across the classes, the public was forced to seek a political leader that was a far from the cookie-cutter names known to have maintained dynastic hold of political power through the decades, to a name that was only known in the southern part of the Philippines, and that candidate was the brash, and unpredictable Mayor of Davao, Rodrigo Duterte.Īfter winning the Presidential race, now President Duterte has carried over many of the traits that endeared and polarized the voting population. In the Philippines, the prevalence of populism was sparked by the public’s frustration with past administrations.
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Now, the espoused free flow of industry meets a critical bottleneck all because of the re-centralization of power and authority to key personalities Trump, Xi, Putin, Johnson, Bolsonaro, and Duterte, among many. Following suit, populists have taken their stand and have dragged their politics into the fold, such as the pivot of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, not only transitioning away from long-established trade partners but also defense policies, angling towards newfound allies China and Russia. With Trump pushing for tariffs for what he personally sees as an action to equalize trade and later China retaliating, nations are now pushed towards the conundrum of having to choose between the two economic powerhouses.
One such case is the long dragging trade war between the United States of America and China. With populists winning the top political seats in various nations worldwide, it has cast a tall shadow on the growth of trade and industry and has drastically altered the politics of business. A common line between these is the re-consolidation of power back to the state apparatus. Global trade has evolved from the early days and has helped push innovation and global development further than it was known and in a short time.īut also, a counter to the prevailing norm is the rise of economic nationalism, protectionism, and populist rhetoric. Unshackling the economic potential of the world was only possible by recalibrating power structures away from the state authority to the market. Giving power to the people, to consumers, to the market and decentralizing the economic authority from a select few, further democratizing trade and choice fueled the free-market ethos. After the downfall of communism - from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the transition of China into a global powerhouse of trade, and now, Vietnam’s growth - it can easily be said that trade has changed the world from what it was. In a world that runs on the ideas of neoliberalism and free trade, transnational actors have reshaped how domestic politics work.