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With the "informal" meeting of 25 trade ministers in Sydney, Australia is seeing first hand the passion generated by the perception of unfairness in the balance of trade power. But what are the alternatives? Global trade can't be stopped altogether, so how should the marketplace operate? Should it be a free-for-all, or can rules be imposed to make it "fair-for-all"? Are those rules needed?
With the "informal" meeting of 25 trade ministers in Sydney, Australia is seeing first hand the passion generated by the perception of unfairness in the balance of trade power. But what are the alternatives? Global trade can't be stopped altogether, so how should the marketplace operate? Should it be a free-for-all, or can rules be imposed to make it "fair-for-all"? Are those rules needed?