Hi Steve, I was a negative commenter. I've had the opportunity to experience start up, to establishment, to closing of businesses in 4 countries (directly & indirectly, personally &/or through family). Admittedly, interviewee made one good comment w.r.t emphasis on economic - political - cultural - ?? - risks when setting up shop in other countries but, how conventional... same as saying to consider wearing a jacket before going outside during winter. The veiled comments on taxes and contradictory views on globalisation however, sunk the video. Also wouldn't be so quick to assume those commenting negatively on taxes are all in the "1%", whatever that's supposed to mean...

Hi Steve, Appreciated your comment...very well stated.

Thanks for pointing this out Steve. People are commenting on here like it's Twitter. It's really unprofessional and disrespectful to the guest.

I hold many of the same views Sam...great observation. What is occurring is so threatening to the "deep state" and so called "authorities" who weaponize government for their own advantage. The little guy on the street is finding this out the hard way. I also believe that the work that Kyle Bass has done on China shows just how communisum is not compatible with the free market economy of the world. Kyle tirelessly points out their currency manipulation as well as the 600 billion dollars they steal in intellectual property every year. The struggle is the massive global debt, and the debt Obama screwed us with, left us in a precarious place. It will be very difficult to grow our economy enough to overcome that. I voted for Trump but there has not been real fiscal responsibility. As much of an optimist that I am...I am truly concerned (as many of the guests have stated on Real Vision) that the next recession/depression will be devasting...and we will be searching for answers.

Trump has not cut one deal that I am aware of with another country. Saw the Republican Senator from Iowa this Sunday on Meet the Press asking Trump to please start cutting deals, the sooner the better. His bullying style of negotiating works with small businessmen that he can say "sue me", but not so much with countries. As a private businessman, the only two deals I can think he negotiated well was developing Trump Tower in NYC and with his bankers in the early 1990s to save himself from declaring personal bankruptcy by selling them on building a licensing business. Could not negotiate himself out of all the bankrupt companies he started, i.e. casinos, Trump University. So the jury is still out on whether Trump can negotiate a deal on the world stage since he has not done one as President. Look at how badly he did in giving concessions to North Korea without getting anything in return. That was some tough negotiating as you saw the Koreans response to the recent Secretary of State visit. It looks like most of the thumbs down on this video are based on political beliefs.

In response to Beth, please go look at the last 35 years of federal deficits. https://www.thebalance.com/us-deficit-by-year-3306306 They accelerated under Reagan as trickle down economics never saw Federal receipts recover after the Reagan tax cut (Reagan was first president to drive deficits over $100 billion). They declined under Clinton (into a surplus) and the first few years of Bush. Reaccelerated after the Bush tax cuts, and with the collapsing economy (greatest since 1929) into the early years of Obama. After the huge government fiscal increase to keep the country from shutting down due to the economy passed forward by George W, deficits decline under Obama and start re-accelerating under Trump (although the economy is performing at maximum capacity). Trump's first two budgets exceeded the budget deficits for Obama's last three years. Trump may be the first president to have a deficit exceed a trillion dollars. As a Republican, can't believe I am defending Democratic presidents, but the numbers are what they are. Hate to see people revise history to paint a different story.

Obama DOUBLED U.S. Debt = Fact...and we the people got nothing for it except a enormous headache!

Brings to mind that trade is not the only game in town. FDI's, currencies (and exorbitant privilege) all impact each others.

Guessing his argument is that the 1% benefited from globalization via stock ownership in companies as stocks have risen (in that the 1% owns 40% of stocks and the bottom 60% owns 2%). On the other side, US workers have not seen salaries increase as real wages have only grown from $332 per week in 1979 to $351 per week today. So stock market is up an inflation adjusted 740% in that time period while salaries are up 5.7%. So his point appears to be that workers are not benefitting from globalization at the same rate as equity owners.

Good point. Thanks for sharing.

consider yourself lucky

Better still, stop the outsourcing. I'm old enough to remember when the NHS functioned properly - without overpaid trust managements, overrewarded management consultants, corrupt PFI 'investments', and without outsourcing.