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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Phillip Inman

Can the world’s trade police survive Trump II?

Donald Trump
Donald Trump rejects the postwar mission to reduce barriers to free trade, including cuts to import tariffs. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

The sting of teargas was a price worth paying, said Michael Dolan, as he looks back on the Battle of Seattle and how the World Trade Organization’s attempt to break down the barriers to international trade was derailed by anti-globalisation protesters.

“The WTO has never recovered, it really hasn’t,” he said.

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