'87% of the world is able to function effectively under the rules of a multilateral trading system'

Two major speeches by two of the most powerful leaders in the world, pronounced opposite sides of the planet: for China, it was a call to unity to overcome obstacles by innovation and “openness” – a secular sentence in Chinese politics – to finally accomplish national refining. Seven thousand kilometers away, President Donald Trump approached the two chambers of the American Congress, promising to take prices on imports and defeat inflation to “make America again” again “- a sentence just as resonant for many in the United States. The paths that their leaders will choose to shape the future of the two countries- and the rest of the world. “Multilateral trade system” global because it faces new American socio-political and economic policies under the Trump administration, François Picard of France 24 is pleased to welcome John Wh Denton Ao, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.