John Yunker Is Back By Popular Demand for a wegginar® 12/3 on Deglobalization and AI: The Calm Before the Storm

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Register free of charge for the LIVE wegginar® on Wednesday, 12/3 at 11 AM CT.  Here's what John Yunker, Co-Founder of Byte Level Research will cover:

• Deglobalization is suppressing growth
• AI promises a new wave of global growth
• Smaller companies are best positioned to leverage AI

To learn more and to register, visit: https://womenentrepreneursgrowglobal.org/2025/11/05/deglobalization-ai-the-calm-before-the-storm/

See you there!

Today in Global Small Business: Deglobalization & AI with John Yunker on 12/3 at 11 AM CT (wegginar)

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Attend the next wegg® wegginar® with John Yunker, co-founder of Byte Level Research on 12/3 at 11 AM CT when he discusses:  "Deglobalization & AI:  The Calm Before the Storm."  The program is free of charge to attend thanks to wegg's sponsors.
• Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global's 10-year anniversary on Thursday, November 6, 2025 in Chicago at the Tortoise Supper Club was a HUGE success.  Photos can be found here (courtesy of Lisa Miller Photography).  For those who couldn't attend and want to support the organization, go here.  Become a wegg® Angel!
• Quote of the week:  "Globalization is here to stay but not as we know it." – Guy Miller, Chief Market Strategist & Economist at Zurich Insurance
• David J. Lynch is worried about what happens next on globalization.
• Global shifts, or inflection points.
• The world as we know it is a product of globalization – and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.

The Exceptional Work of John Yunker – Deglobalization & AI: The Calm Before the Storm

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As John Yunker says, "While reviewing websites for the 2025 Web Globalization Report Card I was struck by two things:

1. Deglobalization has had a visible (and negative) impact on global websites
2. AI is also having an impact, though you have to look closely to see it

Combined, I believe we are in the midst of the calm before the storm."

Read his entire provocative and insightful report here (don't miss it).

Thanks for your readership everyone.  With this post for April, we are more than 108,000 readers.  In March, we hit over 160K readers!

Technology Fosters Globalization

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A conversation with Pol Antràs, the Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics at Harvard University.  He discusses the 8 questions below, international trade flows and what the evidence suggests about the world economy and the accompanying debate about whether an era of deglobalization may be at hand.

1. What is globalization?
2. Is the world entering an era of deglobalization?
3. Have we gone through deglobalizing phases in the past?
4. Are reshoring and near-shoring picking up momentum?
5. Is technology spurring or slowing globalization?
6. Supply chains faltered in the pandemic. Will companies hold larger inventories in the future?
7. How has globalization affected inequality across countries and within countries?
8. If trade is a net positive but still creates winners and losers, how can we compensate the losers?

Read the complete interview to appreciate that globalization remains a force despite pandemic and political strains.