Why The United States No Longer Leads on Free Trade

Chris, Melanie, and Zack try to understand the U.S. government’s
approach to global trade. Two successive presidential
administrations have turned their backs on trade liberalization,
and there is little enthusiasm in Congress for free trade – and a
fair amount of outright hostility. For all the talk of
“friendshoring” and building resilient supply chains,
Washington's allies and partners seem mostly concerned about
rising protectionism in the United States. If Washington is no
longer leading the world on trade, who is? Or who will? Or is the
United States trying to lead toward a particular type of trade,
one that doesn’t benefit revisionist autocrats? And will that
fly?


Grievances for Joe Biden’s granddaughter, for getting married at
the White House when the APEC summit was going on, to Ukraine and
its supporters for falsely claiming an errant missile that landed
in Poland was a deliberate Russian attack, and to incoming House
Republicans planning a series of hearings designed to score
political points. Attapeople for recent authors Will Inboden for
his new book on Ronald Reagan, and Arthur Ross award winners
Carter Malkasian and Mary Elise Sarotte, and an Atta Vice
President to Kamala Harris for her planned trip to the
Philippines.


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