Trade creates disparities not only between states but especially within states, both in Europe and in Asia and America. The first step to be able to balance the disparity in the world is therefore, most likely, a search for equality and economic balance starting from the individual governments.
Multilateralism certainly remains something to aim for for a progressive growth of the global economy, but I think that bilateral agreements by the great world economic powers can act as a driving force and glue to build, over time, a much larger puzzle of agreements.
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