Vivek Dehejia, Senior Fellow at IDFC Institute speaks on the rise of anti-globalisation at the recently concluded India Economic Seminar 2016. Dehejia argues that Trade Economists have done a poor job in explaining the case for free trade. Dehejia remarks that India shouldn’t be bothered by the proliferation of anti-trade sentiments and must not mindlessly accept the call for harmonisation of standards. 

Read a prior blogpost and the Mint article by Dehejia for more on return of trade protectionism, particularly in the run-up to the forthcoming US Presidential elections.