Global Tables in CockroachDB enable database clients in any region to read strongly consistent data with region-local latencies, addressing the challenge of accessing non-localized data efficiently in a multi-region cluster. Introduced in CockroachDB version 21.1, this feature leverages semi-synchronized clocks to ensure that reads are consistent and do not serve stale data, employing time delays to manage conflicts between readers and writers without the need for locks or network communication. While this results in low-latency reads, it makes writes more expensive, highlighting its suitability for data that is read more frequently than written. The design of Global Tables represents a novel approach in balancing trade-offs between read and write latency, consistency, and availability, particularly by maintaining write availability in case of network partitions or region failures. It provides an efficient solution for read-heavy, non-localized data access while composing well with Regional Tables, which are optimized for localized data, thus contributing to a comprehensive multi-region data management strategy.