A world without trade deals: navigating post-Trump trade realities as a small Pacific country

A world without trade deals: navigating post-Trump trade realities as a small Pacific country
Future trade talks may involve more talking and less trade. (Image: Supplied)
Dileepa Fonseka
What kind of lecture on trade starts with an acknowledgment no free trade agreements are getting signed any time soon?The answer is a trade discussion in a post-Trump world.Or a pre-Trump world, depending on what your prediction is for the US elections in November.Former United States deputy trade representative Robert Hollyman decided to get free trade out of the way early on in his speech to trade policy wonks, students and businesspeople at the University of Auckland last month. “The US approach, for the moment, is that we’v...

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