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Cheerleading for Trade Agreements
Research Areas: EU Single Market, Institutions, and Governance North America Trade, Globalisation and Security
Attempts to raise the public support for trade agreements (even for some of the best ones) sometimes takes surreal forms. Here’s one example:
May I propose the following 21st century standards on public diplomacy and trade?
1. Never assume your counterparts are dumber than you are, just because they are not Rhodes scholars.
2. A barbershop choir is a sure way of swaying protectionists. But only if the protectionists are playing croquet on the west bank of the Mills River, New Haven, while quoting Walt Whitman.