Don't take this the wrong way, but you mention the effect on globalization as if it were obvious that the damage should worry the American government. On the contrary, the U.S. has vacillated between isolationism and interacting with other nations before.

I don't know if you've been over to the U.S. but we have a stunningly large continent of people who feel that it is absolutely treasonous to give foreign aid at all to other nations (especially ones like Egypt and Pakistan) while there are still the poor within domestic boundaries.

The people worried about globalization are in large corporations. Even many of our liberals see "globalization" as a code term for "child labor" and "sweatshops".

> Even many of our liberals see "globalization" as a code term for "child labor" and "sweatshops".

Right. Globalization can be used as a powerful force to subvert or bypass democracy, and to create a worldwide "race to the bottom."

> Don't take this the wrong way, but you mention the effect on globalization as if it were obvious that the damage should worry the American government

Oh, certainly not. I don't think they are or will be concerned...

Just what is the cause of globalisation given the current political & economic climate?

Is it global surveillance? Military domination? Economic centralization?

Or is it something more benign?

Economic and travel freedom? Mutual understanding and the exchange of culture?