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How to rebuild global trade

How to rebuild global trade

Update: 2025-08-23
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The world trade order is being remade. US President Donald Trump has led that charge with tariffs and trade deals that have upended the past 30 years of advancement towards global free trade. If that order is going away, what should replace it? Council on Foreign Relations president Michael Froman and the FT’s senior trade writer Alan Beattie talk through one option for the future of international exchange.


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Read Michael Froman’s Foreign Affairs article

No, Trump is not ushering in a new global trading order

Canada cultivates Nordic connections to offset its reliance on US trade


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Swamp Notes is produced by Henry Larson. This week’s show was mixed by Samantha Giovinco. The FT’s acting co-head of audio is Topher Forhecz. Special thanks to Pierre Nicholson. 


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How to rebuild global trade

How to rebuild global trade