Leading Views on Access

Understanding Access is critical to understanding life and business today — and FedEx is committed to widening the discussion by sharing the insights of our executives and others who are focused on this important topic.

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A renowned trade expert and impassioned defender of globalization, Columbia University’s Jagdish Bhagwati believes the U.S. and India must take the lead in protecting free trade.

Georgetown University professor and development expert Katherine Marshall has spent the past three decades examining leadership, decision-making and ethics during times of financial crisis. Her conclusion: to look inward is only natural, but we grow by engaging with the world.

Editor of Newsweek International and author of The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria speaks about the future of globalization and connecting a post-crisis world.

FedEx Services Senior Vice President of Sales Dan Mullally has seen Access change from the entry of FedEx into Asian markets in 1989, to its recent introduction of overnight deliveries within China and Mexico.

Banned as a journalist in her native Cuba, Yoani Sánchez has covertly published reports about lack of Access to everything from food to free speech, via her blog, Generación Y.

We take the ubiquitous nature of the Internet for granted, but Harvard Law School professor Jonathan Zittrain warns that the very openness that made the Internet a runaway success could threaten to lock it down.

Richard Florida, author of Who’s Your City and The Rise of the Creative Class and Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute, University of Toronto, asserts that the world is spiky — with talent, innovation and creativity clustering in mega-regions.

Chief Economist, FedEx Corporation discusses the potential risks associated with increased Access — and the sustainable solutions Access can enable.

An Op-Ed by David Binks, President of FedEx Express, Canada Region, that originally appeared in the Canadian national newspaper, The Globe and the Mail.

Former U.S. Trade Representative, Susan C. Schwab and the nation’s top trade strategist and negotiator, talks about the importance of free trade and unfettered access to global markets.

Executive Vice President FedEx Information Services and Chief Information Officer provides insight on how Access will change the marketplace.

Senior Vice President, International Marketing, FedEx Services explains how Access is enabling new players in the global marketplace.

A renowned trade expert and impassioned defender of globalization, Columbia University’s Jagdish Bhagwati believes the U.S. and India must take the lead in protecting free trade.