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Trump’s unilateral imposition of reciprocal tariffs on scores of countries poses impending threat to the future of the rule-based multilateral global trading system under the WTO. What options do the WTO members have to salvage the organization?

  • UPSC 2025
  • 15 marks
  • Evolution of the International Economic System

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The WTO rests on one conversion: trade conflicts once settled by who could hurt whom became arguments about what a treaty means. The 2025 "reciprocal" tariffs reverse that conversion and come from the member that designed the system. Salvage means keeping the rules alive while the hegemon stands aside.

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