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José Antonio Ocampo is a professor at Columbia University. He is a former U.N. under-secretary general for economic and social affairs, and former finance minister of Colombia.
Countries in the Global South increasingly view President Trump’s “America First” foreign economic policies as both a coercive force and a catalyst for greater economic autonomy.
