Both NATO and WTO were born of intelligent policy. Both require concensus.
Both have just reached a point for a major difficult decision or total destruction.
Turkey, long a vital member of NATO has become a fundamentalist Moslem terror support state. Either Turkey is kicked out of NATO soon or NATO dies. When NATO was created it was an intelligent way to protect much of Europe from the aggressive expanding Soviet Union.
Joe Biden, US vice president, has just promised Russia a potential membership in the WTO. The WTO already has some members that were a mistake.
The WTO was a brilliant policy solution to a serious problem. Most nations were subject to permanent manipulation by major corporations to use import and export control for the corporate benefit; this was often harmful to multinational relations.
The WTO became a forum that allows nations to negotiate import-export practices without major corporate interference.
When a nation exports a key commodity, like oil, there is very little leverage. Putting a quote or tariff on imported oil is self defeating.
For reasons of international alliances, Gulf oil nations were permitted into the WTO. Recently, when they began buying American ports, America and the WTO had no leverage. The response was to interfere in the Saudi and other stock markets and depress them by 30%. The only lesson (option) available.
Such treatment of Russia, if it were allowed to join the WTO, would not be effective and might be seen as an act of war. Russia is the worst WTO candidacy. It exports nothing but oil and gas and it has nuclear weapons.
Both have just reached a point for a major difficult decision or total destruction.
Turkey, long a vital member of NATO has become a fundamentalist Moslem terror support state. Either Turkey is kicked out of NATO soon or NATO dies. When NATO was created it was an intelligent way to protect much of Europe from the aggressive expanding Soviet Union.
Joe Biden, US vice president, has just promised Russia a potential membership in the WTO. The WTO already has some members that were a mistake.
The WTO was a brilliant policy solution to a serious problem. Most nations were subject to permanent manipulation by major corporations to use import and export control for the corporate benefit; this was often harmful to multinational relations.
The WTO became a forum that allows nations to negotiate import-export practices without major corporate interference.
When a nation exports a key commodity, like oil, there is very little leverage. Putting a quote or tariff on imported oil is self defeating.
For reasons of international alliances, Gulf oil nations were permitted into the WTO. Recently, when they began buying American ports, America and the WTO had no leverage. The response was to interfere in the Saudi and other stock markets and depress them by 30%. The only lesson (option) available.
Such treatment of Russia, if it were allowed to join the WTO, would not be effective and might be seen as an act of war. Russia is the worst WTO candidacy. It exports nothing but oil and gas and it has nuclear weapons.