US Sending the Wrong Message
Trump will take some time to realise that his actions cannot revamp a system which is so intimately related to his own country. Revoking agreements and enforcing controversial bans belie what America has historically stood for, in decades since the Second World War US President Donald Trump’s first few days in office have witnessed a profusion of apocalyptic predictions for the world economy. His unabashed move to encourage protectionism in the world economy does not augur well for the future of the trading regime. The contours of the world trade may have suffered damage. In some cases, this is irreparable, such as the fate of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement after the US withdrawal. Going by his recent conversations with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull of Australia or his Mexican counterpart Pena Nieto, citizens around the world appear disgruntled and anxious. Power in the vagaries of international relations is a complicated subject, since it is the outcome of a ...