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Globalisation Conversation Questions

1. What is globalisation? What does it involve?
2. How has globalisation affected you personally?
3. What foreign products do you buy? Are they cheaper or better quality than locally produced products?
4. What products does your country export? Has this trade benefited your country?
5. Some people think the spread of international brands like McDonald's and Starbucks is a bad thing. Do you agree?
6. How would you feel if a major employer in your country moved its operations to another country where wages were lower?
7. Who benefits most from globalisation? Who might lose out?
8. What are the main positive and negative consequences of globalisation?
9. Has globalisation made the world a better or worse place? What would the world be like without it?
10. Have all countries benefited equally from globalisation? Why or why not?
11. How has globalisation affected jobs, wages and living standards around the world?
12. How has globalisation affected national cultures as well as economies?
13. Which countries have gained the most power and influence through globalisation?
14. What effect has globalisation had on the environment?
15. How can problems in one country affect economies in other parts of the world because of globalisation?
16. Has globalisation made it harder for national governments to make independent decisions?
17. Should governments protect local jobs and industries from foreign competition, even if it means higher prices for consumers?
18. Is globalisation responsible for many of the world's problems, or could it help solve them?
19. Will globalisation lead to greater cooperation between countries or more conflict?
20. Will the world become more or less globalised in the future? Why?