"In late January 2025, 10 days after Donald Trump was sworn in for a second time as president of the United States, an economic conference in Brussels brought together several officials from the recently deposed Biden administration for a discussion about the global economy. In Washington, Trump and his wrecking crew were already busy razing every last brick of Joe Biden's legacy, but in Brussels, the Democratic exiles put on a brave face."
"They summoned the comforting ghosts of white papers past, intoning old spells like worker-centered trade policy and middle-out bottom-up economics. They touted their late-term achievements. They even quoted poetry: We did not go gently into that good night, Katherine Tai, who served as Biden's US trade representative, said from the stage. Tai proudly told the audience that before leaving office she and her team had worked hard to complete a set of supply-chain-resiliency papers, a set of model negotiating texts, and a shipbuilding investigation."
Ten days after Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration, an economic conference in Brussels gathered several recently deposed Biden administration officials to discuss the global economy. Attendees defended late-term achievements and emphasized worker-centered trade policy, middle-out economics, and supply-chain resilience papers and negotiating texts. Katherine Tai cited a poem and highlighted completed work on supply-chain-resiliency papers, model negotiating texts, and a shipbuilding investigation. Adam Tooze joined remotely and introduced a discordant perspective. Tooze's background spans London, West Germany, and New York, with expertise as an economic historian and a recognized commentator on global finance infrastructure, the green-energy transition, and the political economy of major powers.
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