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With Trump back in the White House, the age of free trade could be coming to an end

Dilok Klaisataporn/ShutterstockFor a superpower like the US, free trade is, in practice, an invitation to partake in its wealth. But it also implies an obligation, including political support (or at least non-opposition) and an expectation that the poorer nation will give back part of its new riches by buying the superpower’s high-tech exports and debt. This, in essence, is the system that has worked wonders for the US for nearly 75 years.

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