{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/4d641cbd-af7c-4475-81e8-c6a118bde4ee/f782a4cb-62cf-4955-aadb-de0679b79505?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Economist Asks: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d9db97874249/62e286c27ca7a10012e44333.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Is the era of globalisation over? The Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes asks the director-general of the World Trade Organisation whether <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2021/02/20/the-wto-has-a-new-chief-is-it-time-for-new-trade-rules-too?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">the multilateral trading system still works</a>. Can an organisation rooted in the twentieth century prevent a trade war between the US and China in the twenty-first—and how serious a problem is vaccine protectionism? The WTO’s first African leader talks about being a champion for the continent. And, why poetry is her source of inspiration.</p><p><br></p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist </em>for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href=\"http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=economist-asks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}