World trade hangs in the balance as Trump prepares plan of action
by Phillip Inman from on (#231K1)
The president-elect's protectionism has alarmed the WTO and been damned as 'destructive' in a major report. But was it just loud campaign bluster?
Donald Trump's determination to stamp his mark on US trade policy "would be horribly destructive", according to the most exhaustive assessment of his pre-election tweets, speeches and declarations in Fox News interviews.
Among the more consistent themes in his various pronouncements, the president-elect said he would tear up the Nafta agreement that gives Mexico tariff-free access to US markets on about half of its goods.
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