ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Waiting for Trump, global organisations work gently and discreetly
World Trade Organisation, IMF and World Bank have gone quiet on global political economy and global finance
02 April 2025 - 05:00
In a world marked by virtual insanity and unconventionality, an easy option is to go about your work gently and discreetly, remaining focused, aware all the time that someone is looking over your shoulder or that danger is on its way.
In the three institutions that John Maynard Keynes identified, early, as the putative cornerstones of world governance — the World Trade Organisation (WTO), IMF and World Bank — there are murmuring fears of a storm named Donald Trump that is on its way. ..
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