The Post-Liberal Disorder (Benn Steil)

Written by Berhanu Anteneh

July 13, 2025

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The effect of Trump’s wayward tariffs, refusal to confirm WTO appellate judges, and repeated invocation of “national security” to cloak mercantilism is likely to erode global trade norms that were built up over eight decades. The result will be a rapid dissipation of US soft power, and a world more conducive to authoritarianism.

NEW YORK – Donald Trump’s re-election last year was bound to send shock waves through the global economy and what is widely known as the “liberal” or “rules-based” international order. And so it has, as Trump has made good on his promise to tear that order down.

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  1. Thanks for your posting. I also think laptop computers are getting to be more and more popular today, and now are often the only kind of computer included in a household. The reason being at the same time that they are becoming more and more cost-effective, their computing power keeps growing to the point where they are as potent as personal computers out of just a few years ago.

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