Trump’s ‘America First’ plans may undermine global trade

A nightmarish world in which economic rules don’t apply, and trade is suffocated is in no one’s interest—especially not Canada’s.

It’s hard to believe U.S. president-elect Donald Trump wants to plunge the world into recession, but he is impossible to predict, writes Andrew Caddell. Image courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

November 20, 2024

MONTREAL—Earlier this year, the Bretton Woods Institutions—the International Monetary Fund and World Bank—celebrated their 80th anniversary. Although not as well known as the founding of the United Nations or the end of the Second World War, it was one of ...

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