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US poison pills and the limits of dual engagement by its trading partners

Recent US-Cambodia and US-Malaysia trade agreements include ‘poison pills’ echoing an earlier precedent, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). For trading partners navigating intensifying US-China geopolitical rivalry, these provisions complicate hedging strategies. In practice, the bite of these provisions may be less than their formal…

Geopolitics
By Simon J. Evenett
in Journal of World Trade
April 2026, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 189-212, https://doi.org/10.54648/trad2026008
US poison pills and the limits of dual engagement by its trading partners
By Simon J. Evenett
in Journal of World Trade April 2026, vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 189-212, https://doi.org/10.54648/trad2026008
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Recent US-Cambodia and US-Malaysia trade agreements include ‘poison pills’ echoing an earlier precedent, United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). For trading partners navigating intensifying US-China geopolitical rivalry, these provisions complicate hedging strategies. In practice, the bite of these provisions may be less than their formal…
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