The opposite of globalization is protectionism. Protectionism is when a country embargoes itself.
How can it be that we punish other countries with embargoes if protectionism makes a country more prosperous?
How can it be that we punish other countries with embargoes if protectionism makes a country more prosperous?
A country set up for global trade is not ready to lose access to that trade. They depend on things not produced locally, and depend on the proceeds of exporting things they produce in surplus. It would take decades to adapt by returning to a self-sufficient economy. And some goods (phones, for instance) could barely exist without global trade, so an embargoed country will lose access to those things inevitably.