Donald Trump was acting like a playground bully – and it was Americans, not Chinese, who wound up paying for his punitive tariffs.
WTO finds Washington broke trade rules by imposing tariffs on China
Reuters, Sep 15 2020 7:33 AM
The World Trade Organization found today that the United States had breached global trading rules by imposing multi-billion dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump's trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington. Washington says tariffs it imposed two years ago on more than $200 billion in Chinese goods were justified because China was forcing companies to transfer technology and intellectual property. But the WTO's three-person panel said the US duties broke trading rules because they applied only to China and were above maximum rates agreed to by the United States. Washington had not then adequately explained why its measures were a justified exception, the panel concluded.
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