Trade Negotiation Calculation The WTO’s dispute settlement system and new multilateral trade negotiations fail from the perspective of Donald Trump and now Joe Biden because they put all parties on equal footing. This means the U.S. loses its asymmetric advantage of being an economic and military superpower. Thus, the interest in Washington in bilateral or plurilateral negotiations where its powers can be used as leverage, not in courts of law where litigants have more equal power. UTP = You and Me The EU is relaxing environmental rules on farmers, but the Greens gambled correctly on one argument. They sided with farmers complaining about the prices they receive and thus echoed arguments against agribusiness. Proclaiming that...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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Illuminating the value of technical research
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