We are equal, but not the same. Trade and business is only one aspect of the interchanges and the civilising effect of cooperation. Moreover, trade and increasing interdependence among nations is nothing now. Neither is the exchange of ideas and the movement of peoples across borders. Indeed, one of the first multinational institutions was the Church.
Faith knows no boundaries.
Faith has withstood nationalism, persecution, empires and ideologies. It is eternal. There will be no lasting peace unless there is peace and co-existence between religions. There have been those who predicted the death of history, that there will be one global community. This is not so.