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How Trump's 'America First' policy threatens WTO trade rules

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Will the next US president accelerate the unraveling of a rules-based world trade order and what does this mean for smaller nations? Donald Trump views multilateral organizations like the World Trade Organization as contrary to US interests.

Experts warn that dismantling the trade body and its globally accepted rules would have significant consequences, even for major players.

A collapse of the WTO would hit the EU economy four times harder than the tariff hikes planned by Trump .

International trade cooperation will continue, albeit on a much smaller scale, thinks Heribert Dieter .

However, challenging times are lying ahead for smaller countries in the Global South , says Michael Schaefer .

"Bracing themselves for the worst to come," says Schaefer , ex-diplomat.

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