The Players

: Malcolm McLean: North Carolina trucker and container shipping pioneer (1956).

: Osama bin Laden: Muslim jihadist who founded the militant organization al-Qaeda and mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

: Adam Smith: 18th century Scottish philosopher, political economist and author of The Wealth of Nations.

: Henry Morgenthau Jr: United States Treasury Secretary and chairman of the Bretton Woods Conference (1944).

: Margaret Thatcher: The first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979-1990).

: Ronald Reagan: The 40th President of the United States (1981-1989).

: Tony Blair: The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1997-2007).

: Bill Clinton: The 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001).

: Deng Xiaoping: The paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China (1978-1992).

: Joseph Stalin: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953).

: Richard Nixon: The 37th President of the United States (1969-1974).

: Mao Zedong: Chairman of the Communist Party of China (1943-1976).

: Xi Jinping: General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (2012- ).

: Hillary Clinton: The 67th United States Secretary of State (2009-2013).

: Barack Obama: The 44th President of the United States (2009-2017).

: Nigel Farage: British Politician and leader of the Brexit Party (2019- ).

: Boris Johnson: The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019- ).

: Donald Trump: The 45th President of the United States (2017- ).

: The World Trade Organization (WTO): International Economic Organization that replaced the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in 1995.

: The European Union (EU): A political and economic union of 28 member states established in 1993.

: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS): An Islamic fundamentalist militant group that calls itself a caliphate and was formed in 1999.

: Al-Qaeda: A network of Islamic extremists founded in 1988 by Osama bin Laden during the Soviet–Afghan War.

: FedEx: An American transnational courier delivery services company founded in 1971.

: United Parcel Service (UPS): An American transnational package delivery and supply chain management firm founded in 1907.

: US Department of the Treasury: An executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government formed in 1789.

: Amazon: An American transnational technology company founded in 1994.

: Google: An American transnational technology firm founded in 1998.

: ExxonMobil: An American transnational oil and gas corporation formed in 1999.

: Walmart: An American transnational retail corporation founded in 1945.