• WTO Rules Some U.S. Tariffs on China Violate Trade Rules

    WTO Rules Some U.S. Tariffs on China Violate Trade Rules

    The World Trade Organization ruled on Tuesday that the U.S. broke international trading rules by imposing levies on more than $200 billion of Chinese goods two years ago when President Trump’s trade war with China began. The ruling came in response to a complaint filed by China in 2018, which claimed the U.S. violated WTO …
  • Hawley Proposes Withdrawing U.S. from WTO, Says It ‘Enabled the Rise of China’

    Hawley Proposes Withdrawing U.S. from WTO, Says It ‘Enabled the Rise of China’

    Senator Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) is introducing a bill to remove the United States from the World Trade Organization, saying that the intergovernmental group “enabled the rise of China” at the expense of American industry. “The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep, long-standing flaws in our global economic system that demand reform. International organizations like the …