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Originally Posted by whitev70r
Is this clown for real or is he king of the troll?
Trump administration files World Trade Organization complaint against Canada’s retaliatory tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has filed a World Trade Organization challenge against the retaliatory tariffs Canada has imposed in response to Trump’s own tariffs on steel and aluminum.
Canada and other countries have previously filed WTO challenges against the U.S. tariffs. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has called those tariffs illegal.
The argument from the Trump administration, announced Monday, is that Trump’s tariffs are legal but the retaliation is not.
“The actions taken by the president are wholly legitimate and fully justified as a matter of U.S. law and international trade rules. Instead of working with us to address a common problem, some of our trading partners have elected to respond with retaliatory tariffs designed to punish American workers, farmers and companies. These tariffs appear to breach each WTO Member’s commitments under the WTO Agreement,” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement. |
I can't help but wonder if this move is an attempt to validate his own retaliatory measures.
If the WTO sees nothing wrong with retaliatory measures by China, Mexico, Canada, the EU, then they should see nothing wrong with his.