US and European success was built on free trade. It must be defended

May 27, 2016

A worker walks in a shipping container area at the Port of Shanghai April 10, 2012. China returned to an export-led trade surplus of $5.35 billion in March, heralding the prospect that a rebound in the global economy is lifting overseas orders just in time to compensate for a slowdown in domestic demand.

Are the United States and Europe turning away from the policies of openness that have historically driven their economic success? Image: REUTERS/Aly Song

Carl Bildt

Co-Chair, European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR)

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