The global increase in industrial conflicts

Contrary to popular belief, the absence of laws or regulatory actors in the international system has not been the cause of many of the conflicts that have developed around the industry category globally and over the decades! Institutions like the World Trade Organization have boldly and absolutely outlined the rules and requirements of industrial trade worldwide, and they have even been put into effect.

However, actors who somehow avoid the common and conventional structure in this field and challenge it under various headings are what cause the global trade and industrial relations crisis. An objective and obvious example of this unilateralism is the conflicts that currently exist between the United States and other nations, particularly those involving the imposition of trade and customs tariffs.

The Trump administration has undoubtedly targeted global macro-trade relations, and the new US president has publicly contested the dismantling of the long-standing imperatives and foundations in this area. Many actors who are still members of regulatory institutions will either voluntarily or involuntarily leave them as a result of the development of these persistent difficulties.

On the other hand, the nature of industrial exchanges in the world is such that it cannot be evaluated and analyzed in a form and framework distinct from trade disputes: trade is a field and scope in which industrial relations emerge and manifest. Therefore, when the infrastructural and even superstructural equations in the field of international trade are targeted under any pretext or title, we witness a disruption in the world's industrial order.

In the face of this disruption, two strategies can naturally emerge and manifest themselves: one is to insist on the constants of the industrial trade arena by strengthening economic multilateralism and creating a trade balance in the world, and the other is to collectively agree to deform the rules and foundations that form the basis of industrial trade in the world. Without a doubt, in this equation, the first option should be chosen.

Governments are political structures that are inherently "variable", but these constants, rules and macro structures are what must ultimately be preserved. Therefore, in this equation, priority should be given to the constants and stabilizing institutions as a guideline and roadmap for the governments of the world in facing the economic and industrial threats resulting from the presence of the new US government (the Trump administration) in the world. Drawing new and practical models within these frameworks and constants will play the most important role in protecting them.