Trump lost, so let’s try to inoculate multilateralism from any revival of Trumpism

The Nov. 3 U.S. election outcome creates new opportunity for Canada to seek alignment of goals and policies with those of a more 'internationalist' U.S.

The stakes are high, the window for constructive Canadian leadership won’t be open for long, and failure to achieve institutional reforms could, ultimately, resuscitate populist, nationalist, grievance-driven policies that so damaged the international order under Donald Trump, writes Roy Norton.Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY ROY NORTON

November 18, 2020

Trumpism dealt serious blows to the multilateral system put in place by the U.S. and its allies beginning 75 years ago. While U.S. President Donald Trump will soon be gone, Trumpism could easily be revived if major institutional reforms acceptable to the U.S. aren’t achieved. Canada and other U.S....

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