Stop This Trade War Before It Starts

Conn Carroll / March 23, 2009

The Washington Post editorializes today:

As President Obama and many of his supporters articulated it during the 2008 campaign, the case against President George W. Bush’s foreign policy emphasized his highhanded treatment of countries with which we disagree. Too often going it alone in pursuit of asserted national interests, the United States under Mr. Bush showed contempt for international law, which alienated existing friends and repelled potential new ones. The new president has made a number of gestures toward correcting America’s standing in the world. But on at least one occasion he and his party have acted as if the only thing that matters is what’s good for the United States — or, rather, certain people in the United States. (more…)