Cultural Perspective

Cultural Perspective

New Trade Restrictions Challenge Decades of Economic Cooperation

While the U.S. pushes for compliance through economic pressure, its allies seek sustainable, cooperative solutions.

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Way Yuhl
Feb 27, 2025
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Cultural dimensions of control, time priorities, and rule application reveal how American leadership views international trade as a tool for dominance rather than cooperation.

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Cultural theorist, geopolitical analyst, university lecturer, and full-time traveler. International relations, governments, and policies succeed or fail because of cultural. CP explains why. Pattern recognition based on evidence, not ideology.
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