Donald Trump’s attacks and coronavirus effects have left global trade battered and leaderless

What a sad and dangerous state world trade has fallen into. It would be more accurate to say has “been pushed into”, though, first by US President Donald Trump’s trade wars with China and other countries, and then by the advent of the coronavirus pandemic – in that order. It is sad because a system of rules crafted carefully over decades with the backing of more enlightened US administrations than the current one is being wantonly damaged. It is dangerous because without a strong trade…

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