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With Trump back in the White House, the age of free trade could be coming to an end

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For a superpower like the US , free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth.

But it also implies an expectation that the poorer nation will give back part of its new riches by buying the superpower’s exports.

This, in essence, is the system that has worked wonders for the US for nearly 75 years .

In 2001 , after more than two decades of a relationship characterised by mutual admiration, mistrust and suspicion, China joined the World Trade Organization ( WTO ).

Sami Bensassi receives funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Department . Agelos Delis receives funding from he Department of Business and Trade ..

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