The long shadow of Trump frustrated the WTO ministerial meeting in Argentina

Thursday, December 14th 2017 - 05:22 UTC

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The World Trade Organization meeting in Buenos Aires concluded a ministerial meeting Wednesday with nothing significant to boast -- a meager outcome for its first gathering in the Donald Trump era. Read full article

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Enrique Massot
I am sorry for commenting out of topic, but readers should take a look at what's happening right now near Argentina's Congreso. As the Macri government gets ready to push for approval of sweeping legislation that will reduce retirees' income by 5.7 billion US dollars per year.
An interesting fact is that retirees voted overwhelmingly for Macri.
An even more interesting fact is that the system in place that indexes retirees' income by a slightly wider margin than inflation is now adamantly defended by those on fixed income.
Piece by piece, Macri's “Joyful Revolution” becomes joy-less.
Dec 14th, 2017 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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British_Kirchnerist
I'm totally anti-Trump, but I really don't think he was the only loony-right oligarch-President to blame for making this WTO a disaster...
Dec 16th, 2017 - 12:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
Sounds like Trump was a convenient thing to blame for them making no progress. They only thing they mention as being vetoed was by India, not the US.

Other countries need to realise this is an opportunity to take on some of the leadership that the US has given up and try and get things moving.
Dec 16th, 2017 - 10:19 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
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Zaphod Beeblebrox
Reekie,

“I am sorry for commenting out of topic”

No, you are never sorry for making a political point.
Dec 19th, 2017 - 05:09 am - Link - Report abuse -2
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