Trump Is Gutting America’s Core Geopolitical Advantage
Robert Zoellick, an expert on the global economy who served as U.S. trade representative and World Bank president, makes the authoritative case that President Donald Trump’s antagonism toward Canada and Mexico is destroying an economic and security partnership that that enables the United States to
Source: Foreign Affairs
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DW NOTE
Zoellick ran the World Bank when it was lecturing sovereigns on trade integration. Now he's lecturing Trump on the same script — as if USMCA hasn't already bound Canada and Mexico into continental supply chains that neither can afford to exit. The 10-year Treasury is at 5.28%, up 27% year-over-year, because markets are pricing fiscal dominance, not because Trump called Trudeau a governor. If friendly neighbours were America's core advantage, the deficit wouldn't be $1.4 trillion and climbing.