Will the WTO Survive without the United States?
Suh, Jin Kyo | October 2018
Abstract
The rule-based multilateral trading system is in grave danger. The U.S. President Donald Trump has circumvented the WTO to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, including those from America's allies. Complaining of unfair treatment, the Trump administration is blocking nominations to seats on the WTO's Appellate Body, which could leave it unable to hear cases after 2019.1 Most unfortunately, the U.S. is embroiled in a trade war with China. Both sides have imposed tariffs on goods worth tens of billions of dollars and are threatening worse. Furthermore, President Trump has repeatedly suggested pulling the U.S. out of the WTO, a move that would upend the decades-old international trading order and throw world economies into chaos. Can we save the WTO?
Citation
Suh, Jin Kyo. 2018. Will the WTO Survive without the United States?. © Korea Institute for International Economic Policy. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/9406.Keywords
Project Evaluation & Review Technique
Operations Evaluation
Evaluation
World Trade
Trade Volume
Trade Promotion
Trade Flows
Trade Development
Patterns Of Trade
Resources evaluation
Input output analysis
Import volume
Export volume
Export Development
Economic agreements
International market
Import policy
Export policy
Participatory monitoring and evaluation
Participative management
Foreign trade routes
Trade routes
Foreign trade and employment
Tariffs
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