Paul KrugmanDec 11, 2022
Underreported story (more about it tomorrow). The WTO said Trump national security tariffs were illegitimate; the Biden administration (!) told the WTO to stuff it 1/ https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/09/wto-ruling-trump-tariffs-violate-rules-00073282
WTO says Trump's steel tariffs violated global trade rules

The Biden administration strongly condemned the decision, which it said was further proof that the WTO dispute settlement system is in need of fundamental reform.

POLITICO
Show threadHenry Farrell
@pkrugman It is a source of amazement to me that the _Financial Times_ hasn't run a story on this. I'm presuming that Alan Beattie will be talking about it in his newsletter roundup, but there was a time, and so long ago either, when this would have been a front page headline.
Dec 11, 2022 at 4:10pmWeb