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Will Trump’s unilateral trade approach work? History says no.

Published: 7 March 2017

What happens if the United States decides to bypass the World Trade Organization dispute settlement system — and crack down unilaterally when it thinks other countries are trading unfairly? Here’s the immediate problem: History shows that the U.S. has had more success getting trade concessions through multilateral channels.

Op-ed by Krzysztof J. Pelc, William Dawson Scholar and associate professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University. 

Read more: The Washington Post

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