How Does Trade Work?

Should the United States Be So Involved?

The third section brings things back to today.

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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Global Trade Leadership

This reading will ask difficult questions about the U.S. role in global trade. Are we taking a step back from the WTO? Is world trade becoming more fragmented? And could America’s new rules weaken relations between countries?