Protectionist backlash sweeping across the world will not dent globalisation in the long-term, according to DHL Express chief executive John Pearson.
He told journalists yesterday, at the launch of DHL’s Global Connectedness Index report, the “fundamentals” of trade were as “strong as they have ever been”.
“Globalisation is too big to fail,” he said, “and this wave of populism we have experienced over the past two to three years is a wave we …