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Politicians and business leaders in the industrially advanced world are realizing that the fears and insecurity generated amongst the public by globalization and technological change may pose a threat to open markets by fueling protectionist sentiments and hostility to the free movement of people. The problem is especially acute in the continental member states of the European Union, where widespread antipathy to integration and immigration have already produced massive political fallout, leading to the failed referenda in France and the Netherlands and a de facto moratorium on accession negotiations with Turkey.