Power in the International Trading System
Trump Administration Risks Destroying World Trade Order
SWP Comment 2018/C 30, 23.07.2018, 4 Pages Research AreasTrump Administration Risks Destroying World Trade Order
SWP Comment 2018/C 30, 23.07.2018, 4 Pages Research AreasThe international trading system is in flux. A spiral of protectionism threatens to expose the limits of the WTO’s ability to protect against abuses and prevent trade wars. And the reason for this is astonishing: The US Administration believes that the existing rules – which the Americans themselves played a leading role in writing – disadvantage the United States. Currently the Trump Administration is working hard to dismantle the system.