Trump’s new world order: Goodbye to international agreements, hello to isolationism
The withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and the pact to tax large multinationals adds to the president’s expansionist rhetoric and his conviction that ‘everybody needs’ the United States
Donald Trump has already begun shaping his new world order. The executive orders he signed just hours after his inauguration as U.S. president, along with his statements, made his intentions clear. Goodbye to multilateralism: Washington will pull out of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the pact negotiated within the OECD to tax large multinational corporations. A more isolationist America is coming, determined to expand its influence. However, while the new president has framed these actions as beneficial for the U.S., the move could backfire: by withdrawing from international institutions, he is leaving space for rivals to step in and fill the void.
