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In a speech on Friday, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stressed self-reliance and said that the world that globalization built is “disappearing.”

Beijing often expresses a desire for tech self-reliance, though it hasn’t yet focused much on exporting its best offerings.

If you think about Europe’s push for self-reliance in the coming years, deeper capital markets are going to be a part of that.

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When President John F. Kennedy urged Americans to “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country,” he appealed to a spirit of self-reliance and initiative.

At a key meeting of the Communist Party last month, China's leaders set the goal of accelerating "high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement" until 2030.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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