HistoricWTO Finally Appoints First Woman and First African LeaderNgozi Okonjo-Iweala will begin in March.Alaina Demopoulos
PECKING ORDERBiden Broke With Putin Over Threat to Big ChickenJoe was willing to give Vladimir the benefit of the doubt. Then the Kremlin banned U.S. poultry—a major industry in Biden’s home state—and clucked everything up.Jackie Kucinich
SENSITIVEReport: G-20 Avoided ‘Taboo’ Words to Clinch WTO DealU.S. said to object to the word “protectionism,” so the pledge against it was dropped.
CHAOSReport: Trump Wants to Quit the World Trade Organization“We always get f*cked by them,” he reportedly told top trade officials.
Can't Buy a ThrillFree Market Conservatives Turn on Steely DonTrump’s call for steel and aluminum tariffs are his latest test of how tightly he controls his party. This time, people are standing up to him.Matt Lewis
‘GASSY STINK BOMB’?Trump’s Going to Blow Up the Foundations of DavosIn the Swiss Alps, is the destruction of the global trading system on the menu?Gordon G. Chang
WTO UH OHTrump Talks Tough on Trade (Now He’s Out of China)Speaking to an Asian summit in Vietnam, the U.S. president forged ahead with his plans to replace multilateral accords with bilateral ones. The applause was muted.Gordon G. Chang
RED FLAGProtectionist U.S.? Free-Market China?As the new U.S. president kills the Trans-Pacific Partnership, China is repositioning itself, and may well come out ahead.Pierre Haski
Garbage In, Garbage OutTrump Trade Talk Is Garbage—LiterallyCandidate Donald Trump preached a protectionist trade policy he would never follow as Businessman Trump in front of a wall of garbage on Tuesday. Tim Mak
Hidden Hypocrisy Scott Walker’s Secret Love for Red ChinaHe talks a good game about how tough he will be on China as president. But his record as governor of Wisconsin suggests a softer, cozier policy. Betsy Swan
One NationWhy Canada and U.S. Should Merge<p>How to prevent us heading for a world of scarce resources, unfair competition, and geopolitical battles? U.S. and Canada should join forces, says Diane Francis, author of the new book <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Merger-Century-Canada-America-Country/dp/0062325019" target="_blank">Merger of the Century</a></i>.</p> Diane Francis