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Globalisation increased only slightly in 2018. Although economic globalisation has recently grown, the emerging international trade conflicts have revealed their first negative effects. The coronavirus crisis is likely to further slow economic and social globalisation as a result of the worldwide recession and restricted mobility. The most globalised countries are Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Economic and social globalisation is in the doldrums, whilst political globalisation is forging ahead: so say the results of the latest KOF Globalisation Index. Switzerland remains the most globalised country in the world, followed by the Netherlands and Belgium.