Why Politicians Lie About Trade

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>FT Recommended Book on the Global Trade War</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'It succeeds both in explaining how global trade works and how it affects things many voters actually care about' </strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Financial Times</em></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'My hero on this is Dmitry Grozoubinski who has written the most beautiful book'<em> </em></strong><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- author Rory Stewart</em></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Why Politicians Lie About Trade - and What You Need to Know About It</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is your clear witty crash‑course in </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>how global trade really works</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> - and how leaders weaponise it to win votes wage culture wars and spin economic fairy tales.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Written by former trade negotiator Dmitry Grozoubinski this smart highly readable book explains trade policy not trade economics - no graphs no jargon just sharp stories plain English and a built‑in bullshit detector for every grand promise about tariffs trade deals and jobs.</span></p><h4><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What this book shows you</span></h4><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Across two parts - </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How Trade Works</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Trade and the Things You Actually Care About </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- you'll discover:</span></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How modern trade policy works in practice - from goods trade and services trade to customs unions single markets free trade agreements (FTAs) trade facilitation and the World Trade Organization (WTO).</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Why protectionism is so tempting - and how tariffs quotas sanctions trade embargoes and keeping out foreign junk are sold as painless fixes even when they quietly destroy jobs growth and innovation.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>What trading on WTO terms really means - and why it's usually code for accepting the bare‑minimum market access on the same terms as the country your partners trust least.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>How trade agreements are really negotiated - secrecy leaks horse‑trading rules of origin regulatory standards dispute settlement and why no deal is ever truly win‑win for everyone.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Trade and jobs - how trade policy is endlessly blamed or praised for employment figures how politicians on all sides massage the numbers and why press releases about hundreds of thousands of jobs created should make you sceptical.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Trade and national security climate change and peace - from sanctions and export controls to green trade rules economic interdependence and trade for peace.</span></li></ul><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Along the way Grozoubinski dissects Trump Brexit trade wars culture‑war soundbites populist protectionism and media myths that turn complex tradeoffs into easy slogans.</span></p>