Trade Valentines

Roses are red, violets blue
remember open trade brings the best value to you
if price reflects cost and the playing field stays level
then GVCs need not become desheveled
so enjoy Dutch chocolates and tulips in bloom
and let the global trade system resume!

Ruth Schipper

Embassy of The Netherlands

Shall I compare trade to a summer’s day? It is more lovely and more temperate: But rough winds do shake the darling buds of USMCA, And TPP’s lease had all too short a date.

Jackson House

Sorini, Samet & Associates

Shall trade be a song, with notes sweet and clear,
Binding the nations, far and near?
But protectionist winds may sour the tune,
As quotas and sanctions eclipse the moon.

Still, in trade’s embrace, partnerships thrive,
In the markets of trust, we all come alive.

Rafael Centeno

WITA

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Tariffs are bad,
But trade fans, keep cool!

#Mode5Services thrive,
Mini-deals spark cheer,
Strong supply chains
Bring love all year!

Lucian Cernat

Your market, distorted
it’s no free economy
and despite loved relations
you pay the tariff penalty.

I know it’s not right
according to the law
but you’ve grown to a size
that no one then saw.

#TradeValentines

David Kleimann

Bruegel