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The arrest of Donald J. Trump on charges under the Espionage Act
by Vijaya Chandrasoma
Donald J. Trump was arrested at the Miami Courthouse on Tuesday, June 13 on 37 counts of federal felony charges under the Espionage Act, referencing alleged mishandling of top-secret government documents. His lawyer pleaded “not guilty” on all charges, on his behalf. He is presently out on bail, pending trial.
This is the first time a former or sitting president of the USA has been arrested on federal charges. Trump is also the first former president to be arrested by the New York district court, presently on bail, pending trial, on 34 counts of state felony charges of financial and election campaign fraud.
On a relatively minor issue for Trump, in May 2023, a Manhattan, New York federal jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room. She was awarded $5 million for battery and defamation. An arrest for sexual assault, a mere misdemeanor, a humdrum event in the life of the spokesman of the audio on sexual predatory.
Trump continues to spew lies, calling himself “the most innocent man, the victim of the longest witch-hunt, in the history of the world”. And 35% of the Republican Party, the so-called Christian, white supremacist base, believe him. They are convinced he can do no wrong, against all evidence.
Even the 17 Republicans who have currently announced their candidature for the nomination of the 2024 presidency, still stand firmly behind him, even though they are in competition with him. Bar four, there will be many more in the near future.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and former New Jersey Governor, Chris Christie were predictable in their continuing criticism of Trump. The other candidates, former US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, and most recently, former Vice President Mike Pence, surprised us by speaking against Trump’s mishandling of top-secret documents.
Nikki Haley had previously decried the case as “prosecutorial outreach”. However, she changed her tune on Monday, when she stated, “if this indictment is true, President Trump was incredibly reckless with our national security. …This puts all our military men and women in danger”.
Mike Pence had previously stated that he hopes the Department of Justice “thinks better” of indicting Trump in the documents case. He has finally admitted that history will hold Trump accountable for inciting the January 6 insurrection. On Tuesday, he said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal editorial board, that he “couldn’t defend the very serious allegations against former President Donald Trump in a federal indictment over the handling of classified documents”.
The worms seem to be turning, at last. Since the advent of Trumpism, violence has been baked into American politics. Miami Law Enforcement took all precautions against a potential January 6 type of insurrection following Trump’s arrest on Tuesday. Trump himself and cronies like Lindsay Graham had earlier threatened “death and destruction” and “riots in the streets” if he is arrested. There has been a lot of recent chatter in social media from Trump supporters like the Proud Boys, about their intention to gather in Miami in large numbers to show support for their beloved Fuhrer. Defeated Arizona Governor and Trump devotee, Kari Lake, made the most unveiled threat over the weekend:
“If you want to get to President Trump, you have to go through me, and you are going to have to go through 75 million Americans just like me. And I am going to tell you, most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA”. Meaning Florida is an open carry state, where anyone can openly display military style assault rifles and sport holstered automatic pistols.
Lake’s threat was for Trump supporters to arrive in their thousands at the Miami Courthouse, fully armed, to protest Trump’s arrest, proved to be a damp squid. In fact, nothing much happened to disturb the peace on Tuesday, a sure sign that his “base” has seen the light and is dwindling.
Miami Police estimated the crowd of Trump supporters amassed in front of the Courthouse at 1,500, before his arrival. There were almost as many anti-Trump protesters, carrying “Lock Him Up” banners, plus media from around the world. There was no significant violence, a disappointing anti-climax to Trump and the white supremacist Trump base, who were hoping for a January 6 style violent protest.
Trump will soon be left with base of a few thousand QAnon, Christian nationalist, radical right lunatics and white supremacists like the Proud Boys, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. Lots of noise, not much action, fewer votes.
Trump’s function the night after his arrest was a fundraiser at his club in Bedminster, New Jersey, where the Republican donor audience was treated to his usual rant of lies, claiming “today we witnessed the most evil and heinous abuse of power in the history of our country”.
He stated that the documents under reference belonged to him, as president, to do as he pleases. It is true that the law gives the president almost complete power over the handling of top-secret documents, while he is the sitting president. Trump is no longer the sitting president, hasn’t been for well over two years. He is today just a private citizen, arrested and on bail on a series of felonies. He is, as usual, hallucinating. Or, as has been suspected over the past few years, just plain nuts.
Among the documents Trump has been hoarding at various insecure locations at his residences in Bedminster, New Jersey and Mar a Lago, Florida, were documents on US nuclear programs, potential US military vulnerabilities and plans for US retaliation in the event of an attack. Trump has been charged under the Espionage Act, which defines the retention of “national defense information” i.e., materials that could be invaluable for an adversary seeking to damage the national security of the United States, as a violation of the Act.
Trump has been retaining these documents, displaying them openly to foreign nationals and to others without security clearance, perhaps even selling them to the highest bidder. He has consistently refused to return these documents to their rightful owner, the National Archives and Records Administration, crying, like a petulant toddler, “Mommy, mommy, these colored papers are mine. Daddy said so!”
He has lied to NARA on numerous occasions when asked to return these documents, that he had no more documents in his possession. He even got his lawyers to sign a false certificate to this effect. When NARA was certain that Trump was still retaining top-secret documents, against the law, they obtained a warrant to search Trump’s resort at Mar a Lago. The FBI raid in August 2022 yielded 102 additional documents, including 17 marked top-secret. There is no doubt whatsoever that Trump is still in possession of an indefinite number of such top-secret documents, secreted at his various residences and resorts.
In a remarkable instance of projection, the twice impeached, twice arrested former president, who spread the Big Lie of a stolen election and incited an insurrection at the Capitol to overturn the 2020 election, said, after his release on bail on Tuesday, that “Biden will forever be remembered as not only the most corrupt president in the history of our country, but perhaps even more importantly, the president who together with a band of his closest thugs, misfits and (fascists) tried to destroy American democracy”. Can you imagine a more fitting description of Trump and his white supremacist domestic terrorists’ attempts to destroy our democracy on January 6, 2021?
Amazingly, Trump still has a comfortable lead in the polls for the Republican nomination for the presidency in 2024. In a democracy like America, the nominee from each of the Parties, Democrat and Republican, always have a real shot at winning the presidency. Trump’s previous crimes, before and during his presidency, have been largely ignored, tolerated, indeed celebrated by Republican voters, who remain brainwashed by Trump’s God-given talent for lying.
The majority of Republicans, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, believe that Trump’s performance during his first term was exemplary, with a booming economy created entirely by him. Of course, they conveniently forget the fact that he inherited a thriving America with 72 continuous previous weeks of economic growth, with the lowest unemployment levels in decades, from President Obama.
His massive tax cuts which benefited greatly the billionaires and the corporations; his deregulation of laws imposed by President Obama against corporate pollution for the protection of the environment; his strange flirtation with our adversaries, especially his fawning admiration for the murderous dictator, and America’s traditional adversary, Putin, displayed on the world stage by his traitorous performance at Helsinki, when he sided with Putin against irrefutable evidence provided by all 17 US intelligence agencies and the Mueller Report that Russia interfered in our 2016 elections; his numerous executive orders which benefited only the wealthy at the expense of the poor, the needy, the vulnerable, even our vets; his total indifference to the epidemic of gun violence; his continuing attempts at compromising our social safety net and denying the constitutional rights of women’s reproductive freedom. All these reckless and feckless actions were applauded by a large section of the Republican Party, as long as Trump kept their original, perhaps subconscious, dream of a white, Christian nation alive.
I am convinced that only his criminal mismanagement of the pandemic, which resulted in the avoidable death of hundreds of thousands of Americans, denied him a second term at the White House. Four more years when he would have been able, with the help of his armed white supremacist hordes, to achieve his ambition to create an autocratic America, and to cement his ultimate dream of securing the position enjoyed by his best friends and the new allies of the United States, Russia, China and North Korea – President for Life.
However, his treasonous actions after his defeat at the 2020 elections have served to drive many Republicans away from the Trumpian section of their Party. The Big Lie that the election was stolen from him may be still believed by 60% of Republicans against all evidence. However, his incitement of the violent January 6 insurrection to overturn the peaceful transfer of power; and his arrest under the Espionage Act, with irrefutable evidence that he was mishandling and even trading in top-secret government documents which provided a threat to national security, may have been the last straws.
In spite of his apparent bravado after he was arrested for crimes basically amounting to espionage, even treason, I believe Trump fears that he has finally reached the end of the precipitous road he has been traveling.
Former Trump Chief of Staff, General John Kelly may have nailed it. After listening to Trump’s post-arrest remarks at Bedminster. “He’s scared s…less. This is the way (resentment and bravado) he compensates for that. He gives people the appearance that he doesn’t care by doing this. For the first time in his life, it looks like he’s being held accountable. ….He’s never been held accountable before”’.
The best news I heard after the Miami arrest is that Trump’s Republican poll numbers have increased. These polls are conducted mainly by the right-center of the Party, and do not include its moderate conservatives, whose support seems to be thinning. Also, Independents are currently running about 75% against Trump. Finally, he will be forced to campaign for 2024 while on bail, with probable arrests on four federal crimes hanging over his head. In spite of the anticipated and inevitable delays in the American justice system, there is an outside chance that Trump would be a convicted felon before November 2024.
Democrats should do all in their power to ensure Trump wins the Republican nomination. We will never find an easier cockroach to crush than Trump in 2024. A reinforcement of the concept that we are a country of law and order.
by Dr Gotabhya Ranasinghe
Senior Consultant Cardiologist
National Hospital Sri Lanka
When we sought a meeting with Hon Dr. Ramesh Pathirana, Minister of Health, he graciously cleared his busy schedule to accommodate us. Renowned for his attentive listening and deep understanding, Minister Pathirana is dedicated to advancing the health sector. His openness and transparency exemplify the qualities of an exemplary politician and minister.
Dr. Palitha Mahipala, the current Health Secretary, demonstrates both commendable enthusiasm and unwavering support. This combination of attributes makes him a highly compatible colleague for the esteemed Minister of Health.
Our discussion centered on a project that has been in the works for the past 30 years, one that no other minister had managed to advance.
Minister Pathirana, however, recognized the project’s significance and its potential to revolutionize care for heart patients.
The project involves the construction of a state-of-the-art facility at the premises of the National Hospital Colombo. The project’s location within the premises of the National Hospital underscores its importance and relevance to the healthcare infrastructure of the nation.
This facility will include a cardiology building and a tertiary care center, equipped with the latest technology to handle and treat all types of heart-related conditions and surgeries.
Securing funding was a major milestone for this initiative. Minister Pathirana successfully obtained approval for a $40 billion loan from the Asian Development Bank. With the funding in place, the foundation stone is scheduled to be laid in September this year, and construction will begin in January 2025.
This project guarantees a consistent and uninterrupted supply of stents and related medications for heart patients. As a result, patients will have timely access to essential medical supplies during their treatment and recovery. By securing these critical resources, the project aims to enhance patient outcomes, minimize treatment delays, and maintain the highest standards of cardiac care.
Upon its fruition, this monumental building will serve as a beacon of hope and healing, symbolizing the unwavering dedication to improving patient outcomes and fostering a healthier society.We anticipate a future marked by significant progress and positive outcomes in Sri Lanka’s cardiovascular treatment landscape within the foreseeable timeframe.
by Fr. Emmanuel Fernando, OMI
Jesuit Fr. Aloysius Pieris (affectionately called Fr. Aloy) celebrated his 90th birthday on April 9, 2024 and I, as the editor of our Oblate Journal, THE MISSIONARY OBLATE had gone to press by that time. Immediately I decided to publish an article, appreciating the untiring selfless services he continues to offer for inter-Faith dialogue, the renewal of the Catholic Church, his concern for the poor and the suffering Sri Lankan masses and to me, the present writer.
It was in 1988, when I was appointed Director of the Oblate Scholastics at Ampitiya by the then Oblate Provincial Fr. Anselm Silva, that I came to know Fr. Aloy more closely. Knowing well his expertise in matters spiritual, theological, Indological and pastoral, and with the collaborative spirit of my companion-formators, our Oblate Scholastics were sent to Tulana, the Research and Encounter Centre, Kelaniya, of which he is the Founder-Director, for ‘exposure-programmes’ on matters spiritual, biblical, theological and pastoral. Some of these dimensions according to my view and that of my companion-formators, were not available at the National Seminary, Ampitiya.
Ever since that time, our Oblate formators/ accompaniers at the Oblate Scholasticate, Ampitiya , have continued to send our Oblate Scholastics to Tulana Centre for deepening their insights and convictions regarding matters needed to serve the people in today’s context. Fr. Aloy also had tried very enthusiastically with the Oblate team headed by Frs. Oswald Firth and Clement Waidyasekara to begin a Theologate, directed by the Religious Congregations in Sri Lanka, for the contextual formation/ accompaniment of their members. It should very well be a desired goal of the Leaders / Provincials of the Religious Congregations.
Besides being a formator/accompanier at the Oblate Scholasticate, I was entrusted also with the task of editing and publishing our Oblate journal, ‘The Missionary Oblate’. To maintain the quality of the journal I continue to depend on Fr. Aloy for his thought-provoking and stimulating articles on Biblical Spirituality, Biblical Theology and Ecclesiology. I am very grateful to him for his generous assistance. Of late, his writings on renewal of the Church, initiated by Pope St. John XX111 and continued by Pope Francis through the Synodal path, published in our Oblate journal, enable our readers to focus their attention also on the needed renewal in the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka. Fr. Aloy appreciated very much the Synodal path adopted by the Jesuit Pope Francis for the renewal of the Church, rooted very much on prayerful discernment. In my Religious and presbyteral life, Fr.Aloy continues to be my spiritual animator / guide and ongoing formator / acccompanier.
Fr. Aloysius Pieris, BA Hons (Lond), LPh (SHC, India), STL (PFT, Naples), PhD (SLU/VC), ThD (Tilburg), D.Ltt (KU), has been one of the eminent Asian theologians well recognized internationally and one who has lectured and held visiting chairs in many universities both in the West and in the East. Many members of Religious Congregations from Asian countries have benefited from his lectures and guidance in the East Asian Pastoral Institute (EAPI) in Manila, Philippines. He had been a Theologian consulted by the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences for many years. During his professorship at the Gregorian University in Rome, he was called to be a member of a special group of advisers on other religions consulted by Pope Paul VI.
Fr. Aloy is the author of more than 30 books and well over 500 Research Papers. Some of his books and articles have been translated and published in several countries. Among those books, one can find the following: 1) The Genesis of an Asian Theology of Liberation (An Autobiographical Excursus on the Art of Theologising in Asia, 2) An Asian Theology of Liberation, 3) Providential Timeliness of Vatican 11 (a long-overdue halt to a scandalous millennium, 4) Give Vatican 11 a chance, 5) Leadership in the Church, 6) Relishing our faith in working for justice (Themes for study and discussion), 7) A Message meant mainly, not exclusively for Jesuits (Background information necessary for helping Francis renew the Church), 8) Lent in Lanka (Reflections and Resolutions, 9) Love meets wisdom (A Christian Experience of Buddhism, 10) Fire and Water 11) God’s Reign for God’s poor, 12) Our Unhiddden Agenda (How we Jesuits work, pray and form our men). He is also the Editor of two journals, Vagdevi, Journal of Religious Reflection and Dialogue, New Series.
Fr. Aloy has a BA in Pali and Sanskrit from the University of London and a Ph.D in Buddhist Philosophy from the University of Sri Lankan, Vidyodaya Campus. On Nov. 23, 2019, he was awarded the prestigious honorary Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt) by the Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya, the Most Venerable Welamitiyawe Dharmakirthi Sri Kusala Dhamma Thera.
Fr. Aloy continues to be a promoter of Gospel values and virtues. Justice as a constitutive dimension of love and social concern for the downtrodden masses are very much noted in his life and work. He had very much appreciated the commitment of the late Fr. Joseph (Joe) Fernando, the National Director of the Social and Economic Centre (SEDEC) for the poor.
In Sri Lanka, a few religious Congregations – the Good Shepherd Sisters, the Christian Brothers, the Marist Brothers and the Oblates – have invited him to animate their members especially during their Provincial Congresses, Chapters and International Conferences. The mainline Christian Churches also have sought his advice and followed his seminars. I, for one, regret very much, that the Sri Lankan authorities of the Catholic Church –today’s Hierarchy—- have not sought Fr.
Aloy’s expertise for the renewal of the Catholic Church in Sri Lanka and thus have not benefited from the immense store of wisdom and insight that he can offer to our local Church while the Sri Lankan bishops who governed the Catholic church in the immediate aftermath of the Second Vatican Council (Edmund Fernando OMI, Anthony de Saram, Leo Nanayakkara OSB, Frank Marcus Fernando, Paul Perera,) visited him and consulted him on many matters. Among the Tamil Bishops, Bishop Rayappu Joseph was keeping close contact with him and Bishop J. Deogupillai hosted him and his team visiting him after the horrible Black July massacre of Tamils.
Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement
By Gomi Senadhira
senadhiragomi@gmail.com
“You might tell fairy tales, but the progress of a country cannot be achieved through such narratives. A country cannot be developed by making false promises. The country moved backward because of the electoral promises made by political parties throughout time. We have witnessed that the ultimate result of this is the country becoming bankrupt. Unfortunately, many segments of the population have not come to realize this yet.” – President Ranil Wickremesinghe, 2024 Budget speech
Any Sri Lankan would agree with the above words of President Wickremesinghe on the false promises our politicians and officials make and the fairy tales they narrate which bankrupted this country. So, to understand this, let’s look at one such fairy tale with lots of false promises; Ranil Wickremesinghe’s greatest achievement in the area of international trade and investment promotion during the Yahapalana period, Sri Lanka-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (SLSFTA).
It is appropriate and timely to do it now as Finance Minister Wickremesinghe has just presented to parliament a bill on the National Policy on Economic Transformation which includes the establishment of an Office for International Trade and the Sri Lanka Institute of Economics and International Trade.
Was SLSFTA a “Cleverly negotiated Free Trade Agreement” as stated by the (former) Minister of Development Strategies and International Trade Malik Samarawickrama during the Parliamentary Debate on the SLSFTA in July 2018, or a colossal blunder covered up with lies, false promises, and fairy tales? After SLSFTA was signed there were a number of fairy tales published on this agreement by the Ministry of Development Strategies and International, Institute of Policy Studies, and others.
However, for this article, I would like to limit my comments to the speech by Minister Samarawickrama during the Parliamentary Debate, and the two most important areas in the agreement which were covered up with lies, fairy tales, and false promises, namely: revenue loss for Sri Lanka and Investment from Singapore. On the other important area, “Waste products dumping” I do not want to comment here as I have written extensively on the issue.
1. The revenue loss
During the Parliamentary Debate in July 2018, Minister Samarawickrama stated “…. let me reiterate that this FTA with Singapore has been very cleverly negotiated by us…. The liberalisation programme under this FTA has been carefully designed to have the least impact on domestic industry and revenue collection. We have included all revenue sensitive items in the negative list of items which will not be subject to removal of tariff. Therefore, 97.8% revenue from Customs duty is protected. Our tariff liberalisation will take place over a period of 12-15 years! In fact, the revenue earned through tariffs on goods imported from Singapore last year was Rs. 35 billion.
The revenue loss for over the next 15 years due to the FTA is only Rs. 733 million– which when annualised, on average, is just Rs. 51 million. That is just 0.14% per year! So anyone who claims the Singapore FTA causes revenue loss to the Government cannot do basic arithmetic! Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, I call on my fellow members of this House – don’t mislead the public with baseless criticism that is not grounded in facts. Don’t look at petty politics and use these issues for your own political survival.”
I was surprised to read the minister’s speech because an article published in January 2018 in “The Straits Times“, based on information released by the Singaporean Negotiators stated, “…. With the FTA, tariff savings for Singapore exports are estimated to hit $10 million annually“.
As the annual tariff savings (that is the revenue loss for Sri Lanka) calculated by the Singaporean Negotiators, Singaporean $ 10 million (Sri Lankan rupees 1,200 million in 2018) was way above the rupees’ 733 million revenue loss for 15 years estimated by the Sri Lankan negotiators, it was clear to any observer that one of the parties to the agreement had not done the basic arithmetic!
Six years later, according to a report published by “The Morning” newspaper, speaking at the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) on 7th May 2024, Mr Samarawickrama’s chief trade negotiator K.J. Weerasinghehad had admitted “…. that forecasted revenue loss for the Government of Sri Lanka through the Singapore FTA is Rs. 450 million in 2023 and Rs. 1.3 billion in 2024.”
If these numbers are correct, as tariff liberalisation under the SLSFTA has just started, we will pass Rs 2 billion very soon. Then, the question is how Sri Lanka’s trade negotiators made such a colossal blunder. Didn’t they do their basic arithmetic? If they didn’t know how to do basic arithmetic they should have at least done their basic readings. For example, the headline of the article published in The Straits Times in January 2018 was “Singapore, Sri Lanka sign FTA, annual savings of $10m expected”.
Anyway, as Sri Lanka’s chief negotiator reiterated at the COPF meeting that “…. since 99% of the tariffs in Singapore have zero rates of duty, Sri Lanka has agreed on 80% tariff liberalisation over a period of 15 years while expecting Singapore investments to address the imbalance in trade,” let’s turn towards investment.
Investment from Singapore
In July 2018, speaking during the Parliamentary Debate on the FTA this is what Minister Malik Samarawickrama stated on investment from Singapore, “Already, thanks to this FTA, in just the past two-and-a-half months since the agreement came into effect we have received a proposal from Singapore for investment amounting to $ 14.8 billion in an oil refinery for export of petroleum products. In addition, we have proposals for a steel manufacturing plant for exports ($ 1 billion investment), flour milling plant ($ 50 million), sugar refinery ($ 200 million). This adds up to more than $ 16.05 billion in the pipeline on these projects alone.
And all of these projects will create thousands of more jobs for our people. In principle approval has already been granted by the BOI and the investors are awaiting the release of land the environmental approvals to commence the project.
I request the Opposition and those with vested interests to change their narrow-minded thinking and join us to develop our country. We must always look at what is best for the whole community, not just the few who may oppose. We owe it to our people to courageously take decisions that will change their lives for the better.”
According to the media report I quoted earlier, speaking at the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) Chief Negotiator Weerasinghe has admitted that Sri Lanka was not happy with overall Singapore investments that have come in the past few years in return for the trade liberalisation under the Singapore-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement. He has added that between 2021 and 2023 the total investment from Singapore had been around $162 million!
What happened to those projects worth $16 billion negotiated, thanks to the SLSFTA, in just the two-and-a-half months after the agreement came into effect and approved by the BOI? I do not know about the steel manufacturing plant for exports ($ 1 billion investment), flour milling plant ($ 50 million) and sugar refinery ($ 200 million).
However, story of the multibillion-dollar investment in the Petroleum Refinery unfolded in a manner that would qualify it as the best fairy tale with false promises presented by our politicians and the officials, prior to 2019 elections.
Though many Sri Lankans got to know, through the media which repeatedly highlighted a plethora of issues surrounding the project and the questionable credentials of the Singaporean investor, the construction work on the Mirrijiwela Oil Refinery along with the cement factory began on the24th of March 2019 with a bang and Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and his ministers along with the foreign and local dignitaries laid the foundation stones.
That was few months before the 2019 Presidential elections. Inaugurating the construction work Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the projects will create thousands of job opportunities in the area and surrounding districts.
The oil refinery, which was to be built over 200 acres of land, with the capacity to refine 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day, was to generate US$7 billion of exports and create 1,500 direct and 3,000 indirect jobs. The construction of the refinery was to be completed in 44 months. Four years later, in August 2023 the Cabinet of Ministers approved the proposal presented by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to cancel the agreement with the investors of the refinery as the project has not been implemented! Can they explain to the country how much money was wasted to produce that fairy tale?
It is obvious that the President, ministers, and officials had made huge blunders and had deliberately misled the public and the parliament on the revenue loss and potential investment from SLSFTA with fairy tales and false promises.
As the president himself said, a country cannot be developed by making false promises or with fairy tales and these false promises and fairy tales had bankrupted the country. “Unfortunately, many segments of the population have not come to realize this yet”.
(The writer, a specialist and an activist on trade and development issues . )
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