Daniel W. Drezner

A contrarian article on the WTO

My latest Tech Central Station piece is up, and is probably my most cantankerous to date. It’s a warning shot about the future of the World Trade Organization. I’m not optimistic. For further WTO news, it doesn’t get more succinct than the latest Economist cover: Economist1.jpg (link via Megan McArdle)

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry.
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My latest Tech Central Station piece is up, and is probably my most cantankerous to date. It's a warning shot about the future of the World Trade Organization. I'm not optimistic. For further WTO news, it doesn't get more succinct than the latest Economist cover:

My latest Tech Central Station piece is up, and is probably my most cantankerous to date. It’s a warning shot about the future of the World Trade Organization. I’m not optimistic. For further WTO news, it doesn’t get more succinct than the latest Economist cover:

Economist1.jpg

Economist1.jpg

(link via Megan McArdle)

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and the author of The Ideas Industry. Twitter: @dandrezner

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