In paragraph 3, the author most likely mentions “the 1930s spiral of protectionism and depression” in order to
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A FORCE FOR PEACE
By
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Diretora Geral of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
To abandon the many benefits that come with international trade would be foolish. There are real problems with the current trading system, but the counterfactual scenario is almost certainly worse: it is difficult to believe that international security would be better served if leading powers had no economic interest in one another’s stability and prosperity and no shared institutions in which to engage. Trade between the United States and China benefits people and businesses in both countries enormously and ties the superpowers together, both bilaterally and in international forums, providing an incentive to cooperate where possible and avoid conflict.
Strategic competition is a reality of the modern world. But that world will become unlivable unless there is also strategic cooperation. The WTO’s ministerial meeting last summer offered hope that the two can go together. The agreements reached there had the support of all WTO members. They worked across geopolitical and policy fault lines, each perceiving a national interest in reinforcing the world trading system.
In the 75 years since the world first embraced multilateral cooperation on trade, the trading system has underpinned [sustentou, apoiou] rising – if still uneven – global prosperity. It has achieved its original goal of helping governments keep markets open in turbulent times. In the face of mighty [poderosos] shocks, from the global financial crisis to the pandemic, the world did not repeat the 1930s spiral of protectionism and depression, instead allowing cross-border demand and supply to be an engine for recovery.
Today, the multilateral trading system is part of the solution to major global challenges, from climate change to conflict to pandemic preparedness. And a reformed WTO, fit for the twenty-first century, is needed now more than ever, with rules that underpin the stability, predictability, and openness of the global trading system. In the past 15 years we have learned that unforeseen crises surely lie [ficam, situam-se] ahead and that without the stabilizing force of trade, the world will almost certainly be less able to weather [enfrentar, resistir] them.
Adapted from Foreign Affairs, July/August 2023.
FGV-SP 2024 - QUESTÃO 36
In paragraph 3, the author most likely mentions “the 1930s spiral of protectionism and depression” in order to
A) point out what will probably occur if the WTO is not reformed.
B) help explain why she supports certain WTO-endorsed multilateral trade policies.
C) illustrate how armed conflict used to begin in the days before the founding of the WTO.
D) highlight an occasion when the WTO failed to prevent economic disaster.
E) argue that such a spiral is what takes place when governments fail to implement strong national trade policies.
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B) help explain why she supports certain WTO-endorsed multilateral trade policies.
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