https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/trump-trade-war-the-urgent-need-for-a-progressive-trade-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-trade-war-the-urgent-need-for-a-progressive-trade-policy Tue, 11 Sep 2018 13:30:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.4 https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/trump-trade-war-the-urgent-need-for-a-progressive-trade-policy/#comment-298 Tue, 09 May 2017 00:09:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=906#comment-298 […] to severely plea a interests of footloose tellurian capital. Indeed, as Nick Dearden argues in his critical square for openDemocracy, a new US-UK trade understanding could accelerate a neoliberal competition to a bottom on amicable […]

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/trump-trade-war-the-urgent-need-for-a-progressive-trade-policy/#comment-278 Fri, 07 Apr 2017 18:13:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=906#comment-278 Good stuff. Solidarity in trade would be an excellent idea but you need to get everyone on board. But if governments andlocal authorities can give preference to companies which pay the minimum wage or have good environmental standards then I don’t see why we can’t make trade union rights or social provision a condition of trading agreements. But there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell of that happening while any of the three main UK parties hold or share in power.

]]> https://neweconomics.opendemocracy.net/trump-trade-war-the-urgent-need-for-a-progressive-trade-policy/#comment-276 Thu, 06 Apr 2017 20:47:00 +0000 https://www.opendemocracy.net/neweconomics/?p=906#comment-276 Nick, did you just suggest the USA try some of Venezuela’s policies?

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