It is indeed a small world, after all. The Disney marketeers are correct even if their insipid tune played over and over can induce coma. YouTube and other social media have made us all one big neighborhood.
But that can cause difficulties, and, as usual, I'm part of the problem.
You may remember Chinese strongman Xi Jinping thumbing his nose at the Trump tariffs and taunting America by visiting Vietnam, Cambodia, and Malaysia in order to make trade deals. Mr. Xi apparently believes those countries will buy enough stuff from China to partially make up for a dwindling USA market.