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The Fable of the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact

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The Fable of the Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
Police officers wearing face masks patrol at a container port in Qingdao in eastern China’s Shandong Province, China, on Feb. 19, 2020. Chinatopix via AP
Sophie York
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The story of trade in our world is an ongoing fable of successes and failures, even as the setups to facilitate it are usually invariably designed to bring happily prosperous outcomes.

Sophie York
Sophie York
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Sophie York is a barrister, university law lecturer, speaker, author, and mother of four. Among other roles, York is a member of the Royal Australian Navy Legal Reserve Panel and is a Lecturer of Jurisprudence at The University of Sydney.
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