Saskia Sassen on Marketplace on NPR

Tonight I heard Saskia Sassen on changing dynamics of world trade on 
'Marketplace'.  Below is a link where you can here her commentary and the 
official summary of it:

http://www.marketplace.org/shows/2003/05/06_mpp.html (scroll down and you'll 
see the link for audio commentary for her--in general this show talked about 
the current politics of trade from some interesting angles).

"Commentator Saskia Sassen says don’t mourn the U.S.-European trade alliance, 
when the world stands to benefit from its demise. The politicization of trade 
could just be the kick that global trade needs to foster new alliances, and the 
first real growth opportunities for small countries that were, up until now, 
relegated to the sidelines. “The global economy will be the winner in the 
next few years,” says Sassen. “That’s because reconfigured blocs will 
reach out to smaller countries bypassed by economic globalization thus far.” 
The result? The growing participation of many more actors on the world’s 
stage. "

Steven Sherman