“We are at a turning point for the global economy. The President of the United States is bullying his major trading partners with unjustified tariffs and threatening to extend this senseless trade war to the European Union.
“Protectionism threatens to destroy the progress we have made on trade. According to the World Bank, since 1990, trade has boosted global incomes by 24%, and by 50% for the poorest 40% of the population, and it has lifted more than one billion people out of poverty."
