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With Trump back in the White House, the age of free trade could be coming to an end

  • Written by: Sami Bensassi, Reader in Trade and Development Economics, University of Birmingham
With Trump back in the White House, the age of free trade could be coming to an endDilok Klaisataporn/Shutterstock

For a superpower like the US, free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth. But it also implies an obligation, including political support (or at least non-opposition) and an expectation that the poorer nation will give back part of its new riches by buying the superpower’s high-tech...

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