First Lessons from Donald Trump's Trade Undiplomacy

“The return of isolationism”, “the demise of multilateralism”, “the end of globalization”... these alarmist headlines have dominated analyses of America’s place in the world since the election of Donald Trump. This applies to the trade policy sphere, where Donald Trump’s nationalist and protectionist discourse has strongly departed from the dominant free trade narrative of his predecessors. Yet, if America’s retreat from multilateral and regional institutions is clear in many policy spheres – c

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