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How trade and immigration are colliding with our two-party system

  • Written by Mark Aspinwall, Professor of International Relations, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
imageAre drawbridge issues challenging our two-party system?pixabay.com

This year, much interest is focused on what The Economist calls drawbridge politics.

Voters who believe in leaving the drawbridge down, so to speak, see opportunities in open borders for immigrants and trade. Voters who believe in pulling the drawbridge up see these as threats.

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