Globalization | #ForeignTrade - Countries are becoming more and more similar because people are able to buy the same products anywhere in the world. Do you think this is a positive or negative development? (IELTS 10, AC)
Recent years have seen the world turning into a global village --
as a result
people's ability to shop identical goods and services from anywhere they are. Notwithstanding, whether Linking Words
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current development is a boon or a drawback is a debatable point.
Apparently, the exponents that postulate that today's fast spreading technology has been influencing the people across the globe to buy similar things due to a fancy trend -- have their justification. Put differently, the spread of materialistic things Linking Words
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as: fashion and accessories; furniture and architecture; food and recipes have changed the country's cultural rituals. Linking Words
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, all societies around the universe accept the modern and western cultures in their lives, including from foods to professions. Linking Words
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, the globe has started to become a tiny village by loosing its diversity of cultures, languages and customs. To exemplify, according to a survey published by The New York Times in 2016, 30% of the population accepted the new trend of modernization.
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, taking a look from the flip side, could a new change bring the countries closer to each other and make the economy stronger? Certainly, it follows that the world can be a smaller by enhancing import-export business by increasing transportation modes Linking Words
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as: Air, water and road, but that kind of development not only leads to the extra cost to consumers, but Linking Words
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leaves the fuel emission in our environment, which is responsible for a tremendous amount of carbon footprint across the planet. Linking Words
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, in the race of quality versus the quantity, Linking Words
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kind of advancement can lead to only low quality merchandise that cause negative evolution.
To conclude, having explored both vantage points, I personally consent to the hilt that the globalisation encourages people to be similar to others in all aspects of life; Linking Words
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foreign trend is responsible for loosing own cultures and languages. Linking Words
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, a community should use local products as much as possible and be aware of changes around the globe.Linking Words
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