Trading on U.S. Executive Power

MIN READJan 27, 2017 | 21:50 GMT

Some of the changes to tariffs that the Trump administration has proposed could violate U.S. commitments to the World Trade Organization and to other trade pacts.

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U.S. President Donald Trump's first week in office has been a whirlwind of executive action on a number of different policy fronts. Countries around the globe are keeping a particularly close eye on the new leader's positions on trade after Trump threatened to impose tariffs against several states....