global leader
noun[C]
ukusCOMMERCE
acompany,product, etc. that hashighersalesthanitscompetitorsin otherpartsof theworld:
Thecompanyis agloballeaderin thedistributionofelectricalsupplies.
POLITICS
apersonincontrolof agroup,country, etc. who isrecognizedas beingimportantin allpartsof theworld:
Manygloballeadersnowbelievethat the world'seconomicfutureliesinfiguringout how to do more with lessenergy.