The World Trade Organization ruled decisively Tuesday that President Trump violated global trade rules when he unilaterally imposed tariffs on what became more than $350 billion worth of Chinese goods
The World Trade Organization ruled decisively Tuesday that President Donald Trump violated global trade rules when he unilaterally imposed tariffs on what became more than $350 billion worth of Chinese goods.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said: “It’s going to take time, to be honest.” | Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times via AP, Pool Instead of following the usual course of filing a dispute at the WTO and winning the right to impose retaliation, the Trump administration took unilateral action on the basis of a U.S. investigation which found Beijing guilty of major failures to protect U.S. intellectual property.
But some of the ruling has been muted over the last two years of trade wars between the world's two largest economies. Third, the Trump administration has crippled the WTO’s Appellate Body by blocking the appointment of new judges.
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