Article 444QE The WTO could be dancing its last tango, strictly speaking

The WTO could be dancing its last tango, strictly speaking

by
Larry Elliott
from Economics | The Guardian on (#444QE)

Trump and Xi's truce at the G20 is a start but international trade still stands at the crossroads

Contestants on Strictly Come Dancing dread the Argentine tango. No matter how good the choreography, it is technically tricky and devilishly difficult to get right.

So the audience was holding its breath as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping got into hold for their own version of the dance in Buenos Aires this weekend. Trade tension between the world's two biggest economies has increased markedly over the past 12 months and the chances of what Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood calls a "dance disaster" were high.

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