Anti-globalisation is No 1 threat facing Asia-Pacific: report

Singapore

THE anti-globalisation sentiment sweeping Europe and the United States is the greatest threat to the Asia-Pacific in the years ahead, a risk consultancy firm said on Monday.

"The backlash in Asia-Pacific's two biggest markets against globalisation is the greatest threat to this region's overall economic and political security over the next decade, never mind the next year," said Control Risks in a report.