We document the recent pullback from international trade and propose plurilateral trade negotiations that would focus on industries where negotiations within the WTO are at a standstill. One model is the Summer Palace Dialogue, which was co-founded by one of the coauthors when he was Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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William A. Owens is a former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a founding board members of the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation Inc.
Barry W. Poulson is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, professor emeritus at the University of Colorado Boulder, and a founding board members of the Federal Fiscal
Sustainability Foundation Inc.
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