This episode of The Economist Asks podcast investigates whether the rise of populism, protectionism and polarisation mean the end of multilateralism and globalisation? The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, is joined by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to assess the shortcomings of the global trading system, from perceptions that it is not relevant to ordinary people, to its failure to come up with new trade rules. They also talk about opportunities, including potential agreements to help fight…