WTO has played an important role
Donald Trump has paralysed one of the institution's most important functions: dispute settlement
12 December 2019 - 17:35
This week, a core function of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) — founded in 1995 to govern the rules of trade between 164 countries — ground to a halt.
The reason for that was US President Donald Trump, who has never really had much time for multilateral institutions. The WTO has been on his hit list for some time as an entity that he says has taken advantage of the US and favoured China...
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