If Mr. Trump was right and internationalism led to economic disaster, Germany should have one of the highest unemployment rates in the world. Does the European Union, arguably the best example of multilateral governance in the world, have flaws? Expect her to defend and promote the European Union as a bulwark of liberal internationalism, against an America that might well begin to attack it. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMerkelism, in short, draws a very different conclusion from Trumpism about globalization’s unsettling effects. Mr. Trump wants to disrupt and destroy, Ms. Merkel seeks to continue but correct.

Source: New York Times September 22, 2017 07:23 UTC