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The Great Unravelling: Trade and Trump

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Could President Trump’s trade wars break the World Trade Organisation?

The World Trade Organisation was established in 1995, building on earlier global trade mechanisms. Did this represent a capture of the systems by neoliberals after the Cold War? Now President Trump is waging a trade war on China and sidelining the WTO. Does he have a point – and can the system survive?

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Sun 25 Nov 201810:32GMT
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