On September 25, 2018, Adjunct Professor Matt Gold participated in the Gabelli School Speaker Series where he spoke with students about international trade policy and the future of international business.
We have this assault on trade agreements coming from the White House, which is not producing any concessions from any other countries of any significance, whatsoever.
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You can’t really quantify it… but… probably about 90% of all the international law that exists in the world is the international law of international trade. So, when you undermine the international law of international trade… you’re undermining a huge part of the world order. And the world order is a pyramid the United States stands on top of, and it’s the only reason why we can look Putin eyeball-to-eyeball. It’s the only reason why we can look at Xi eyeball-to-eyeball… That pyramid collapses, and we’re looking at Putin in the ankles.
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