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I Spent Decades Working with American Officials. The Country I Knew Is Gone | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)

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For much of my career, the stability of the global economic system depended on decisions taken in Washington, DC—and on whether those decisions were bound by rules or by discretion.

Working with American officials for decades, across multiple administrations and institutions, my years living in Washington were part of that experience. In moments of real pressure, I saw first-hand the seriousness with which many approached power—particularly the understanding that power must be constrained if it is to be legitimate and durable.

I was in the United States Treasury Building for the final meetings on the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement. The negotiations were on the brink of collapse. Canada was not prepared to accept a deal without binding judicial review of trade decisions, having seen how easily US agencies could disregard obligations when domestic politics intervened. As the clock approached midnight on the final day, we had largely resigned ourselves to failure.

Moments later, then treasury secretary James Baker informed us that Ronald Reagan, US president at the time, had agreed to independent judicial review—to bind the United States to the rule of law rather than to political discretion. The agreement was struck.

That decision did not weaken American power—it legitimized it. It signalled that the United States was willing to bind itself in order to lead. That was the America many of us worked with. And that is the legacy now being dismantled.

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