After World War II, the United States and Great Britain supported the World Trade Organization's precursor framework in the hope of moving the world away from the harmful effects of protectionism of the 1920s and 1930s. They believed that the geopolitical gains would be as great as the economic ones, hence the creation of the UN and WHO...
Today, these two architects have taken a sharp turn from global agreements and gone back to protectionism with cautious methods of negotiating, if any. Donald Trump promised to quit most global treaties. The UK has spent the last years dismantling its participation in the European Union and is now approaching a Brexit.
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.”
― Plato
