It is no overstatement to say that cities, more precisely metropolitan areas. are the beneficiaries of openness, collaboration, free trade and the reduction of national boundaries. Cities like New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, cities which had been the official ports of entry for a steady flow of immigrants, have experienced the benefit of openness and diversity for a long time...
Voices that want to turn back the clock towards nationalism are heard from Vienna to Berlin and from Warsaw to Washington. Several large trade agreements such as the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), The Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA) are in peril. If they fail and even NAFTA may potentially be re-opened, not only global trade will suffer but cities will be particularly affected. Anybody doubting that should carefully observe how London fares after Britain voted to leave the EU.
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Nikolaus Philipsen FAIA
Archplan Inc. Philipsen Architects
Baltimore MD
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