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World Service,21 Nov 2018,26 mins

SeriesThe Great Unravelling

The Great Unravelling: Trade and Trump

The Compass

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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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