
Globalization: Profits over People
DW's second installment on globalization travels through the US, Peru, Senegal, and Europe to ask who actually gains from open markets and who gets left behind. In Duisburg, once a steel-producing hub, officials pin hopes for revival on a new agreement with China, while American steelworkers blame Chinese competition and globalization for their industry's decline, prompting billions in domestic investment under an "America First" stance. Peru appears as a case study in globalization's limits, a country still struggling against poverty despite market access. The film turns to labor migration for its sharpest contradiction: Spain's farms need workers the EU won't readily admit, while in Senegal, illegal fishing fleets and foreign land grabs push people to leave in search of work abroad. China's migrant workers, by contrast, are shown as an asset reflecting the country's economic confidence. Interviews with workers, farmers, and officials across four countries carry the argument, building toward a portrait of a global system with clear winners and clear losers.