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The Globalist - Peter Sutherland - His Life and Legacy (Hardcover)
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The Globalist - Peter Sutherland - His Life and Legacy (Hardcover)
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THE GLOBALIST is the first in-depth biography of an international
power-broker who was instrumental in shaping the global economy
that we know today. PETER SUTHERLAND played a defining role in
world history over the past 25 years and was arguably the most
influential Irish person ever to have lived. He was Ireland's
youngest ever attorney general; the youngest ever European
Commissioner; UN special representative for migration; and special
adviser to the Vatican. His landmark achievement was the signing of
the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations in Marrakesh
on April 15th, 1994. Under Sutherland's stewardship, a historic
global agreement on the removal of trade barriers and market
liberalisation was achieved, earning him a reputation as the
'father of globalisation'. He became chairman of BP and Goldman
Sachs International and sat on the board of some of the biggest
companies in the world. Public service, however, remained his true
calling. The position he most prized was President of the European
Commission but a combination of domestic political tribalism and
French resistance derailed his chances. Drawing on a wide range of
interviews with major political and business figures, including
Hank Paulson, Mickey Kantor, Pascal Lamy, Sir Tom McKillop, Mary
Robinson, Bertie Ahern, Brian Cowen, Catherine Day, David
O'Sullivan and Klaus Schwab, The Globalist examines key episodes in
Sutherland's life and career - the Arms Trial, the introduction of
the Eighth Amendment, the Anglo Irish Agreement, the development of
the EU single market, the establishment of the WTO, and migration
policy. Towards the end of his life Sutherland became a tireless
advocate for the rights of asylum seekers and migrants, which made
him a target for nativist and populist movements around the world.
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