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iGlobeViews Episode 8: AI and Deindustrialization: Workers have nothing to lose but their jobs

Episode Summary

iGlobeViews Episode 8 (1 May 2026): iGlobenews (www.iglobenews.org) Editor-in-Chief, Diana Mautner Markhof, discusses with top China expert Professor Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik the future of workers in the age of AI and deindustrialization. Will the EU's newly proposed Industrial Accelerator Act protect the European market from China? How will China retaliate? How can Europe and the US stop deindustrialization? Has the age of free trade ended and are we now in an age of economic nationalism? Will the arms industry save Europe's flailing industry? Are Europe's weapon's technologies being transferred to Israel in order to save jobs? Is China also in a crisis with its workforce? With wealth in the hands of the billionaire class - who will benefit from any effort to reindustrialize? What role will AI and robotics play in the manufacturing and the service sector? Is the China model where we are all headed? Support independent Media: follow, like and subscribe! www.iglobenews.org #iglobenews #industrialacceleratoract #china #eu #deindustrialization #ai #robotics #armsindustry #vw #trumptariffs