In 1989, when the Berlin Wall came down, many who saw the toppling concrete slabs knew the world order had suddenly changed. In the years that followed the felling of that Cold War symbol, economic growth and trade interdependence expanded globally, and most Asian economies grew at double-digit rates.
While 2019 is not 1989, it nevertheless has a similar feel about it.
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