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Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy is indeed a fact, it's not uncontrollable.

Peter Mandelson

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Peter Mandelson
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 21
British Politician
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Peter Benjamin Mandelson
Baron Mandelson of Foy
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