What's Happening to the International Trading System? Shared Interests of the US and Japan in the Outcome

I intend to cover very briefly six topics today:

1. World Trade and the Diamond Jubilee of the Multilateral Trading System (MTS)
2. Managing the US-China Strategic Competition
3. Whether the World is Dividing into Two Trading Blocs
4. The Current State of US Trade Policy
5. The Evolving US-Japan Relationship, CPTPP and the WTO
6. The Future of International Trade – with Recommendations

I will conclude with some thoughts on what role business can and should play in shaping policy.