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The Great Decisions Discussion Group is centered on the Great Decisions briefing book developed by the Foreign Policy Association. Dr. David Lynch, Professor and Chair in the Department of Social Science at Saint Mary’s University, will lead the topic "U.S. Trade Policy." America’s foreign policy tools are not limited to sanctions, treaties or military campaigns – they also include the sales pitch. The logic behind this pitch, or “economic statecraft,” is simple: promote the benefits of democracy and the free market. In so doing, the U.S. will gain valuable and stable partners, both in business and in diplomacy. Now, as China and other emerging nations battle the U.S. for global influence, Secretary Kerry will take the reigns as a free market matchmaker. Elisabeth Bennett hosts.