Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Fate of WTO’s Top Court Effectively Sealed by US Blocking Strategy BY BOWEN XIAO December 9, 2019 Updated: December 10, 2019

"Much of Trump’s criticisms against the WTO center on how the organization treats China. In binding rulings, WTO judges have given Beijing the benefit of the doubt on subsidies and rejected Washington’s concerns about unfair trading practices."
"On Twitter in June, Trump called the organization “broken” and said the world’s richest countries “claim to be developing countries to avoid WTO rules and get special treatment … at the expense of the USA!”"
"In July, Trump pressed the WTO to stop allowing Beijing and other major economies to receive lenient treatment by proclaiming themselves “developing” countries. At the time, Trump directed U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to “use all available means” to get the WTO to block countries from using the claim."
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