IMF/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The International Monetary Fund and Germany have a joint message to President Donald Trump as he arrives here for the Group of 20 summit: Don’t turn your back on a world forged by the U.S.
Mr. Trump should focus on the evolution of international institutions and use them as pillars to address the economic imbalances triggered by globalization, IMF chief Christine Lagarde and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble said at a panel discussion on the sidelines of the annual G-20 gathering.
Their call comes as leaders from the world’s top 20 economies brace for Mr. Trump’s protectionist policies, which threaten to curb America’s role, since the days after World War II, as the creator and guardian of global free trade. On Wednesday [7-5-17], the American president said U.S. trade deals were ‘some of the worst’ in history, questioning whether Washington should stick with them.”
-Emre Peker, “The IMF and Germany Urge President Donald Trump to Stick With Free Trade,” The Wall Street Journal online, June 7, 2017 04:05pm