I don't know, I seem to recall a pretty big protest in Seattle back in 1999, which was fairly unfriendly to the WTO -- and the organizers didn't appear to be "ultra-nativist nationalists"https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1013573374910451712 …
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If you had told those anti-capitalist protesters that less than 20 years later the WTO would be rebuked by a billionaire Republican president, their brains would've exploded
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True, but the reasoning is completely different. Trump et al seeking to enrich the powerful (their own nation, at a stretch) more than WTO rules allow, whereas much of previous anti-WTO rhetoric has been fuelled by desire to see greater equality for all nations, esp poorest.
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Sure, the reasoning differs, but if you're interested in outcomes rather than the motivations of those doing the reasoning, what's it matter?
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Because nothing happens purely in isolation. We need to know why a particular agenda is being pursued to assess whether a particular step is on balance good or bad. In Trump's case I would argue bad as it will lead to increased inequality with attendant problems.
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That’s a reasonable concern. I still think the irony is very palpable, though
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No dude. Your original post is BS because of course Trump doesnt oppose the WTO on humanitarian, environmemtal and labor basis
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