Multilateral trade accords are 'out', bilaterals are 'in'

Washington

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has demonstrated during the first few days of his presidency that we should expect the same kind of modus operandi that helped him win the presidential election in November.

Start by getting your adversaries in Washington to underestimate and make fun of you. Hence, media pundits and Democratic lawmakers have spent much of the first few hours following Inauguration Day criticising the new president for lashing out about the crowd sizes at his swearing in, followed by the angry Twitter messages.