Trump reportedly wants the US to withdraw from World Trade Organization

Trump reportedly wants the US to withdraw from World Trade Organization

6/29/18
President Donald Trump is not a fan of the World Trade Organization. Axios is reporting that Trump has told several top White House officials he wants to withdraw the United States from the WTO. “He’s [threatened to withdraw] 100 times. It would totally [screw] us as a country,” one source told the media outlet. The same source said Trump has told his advisors, "We always get f---ed by them [the WTO]. I don’t know why we’re in it. The WTO is designed by the rest of the world to screw the United States." The media outlet said Trump’s aides push back when he talks about withdrawing, but four sources said they've never put in place a policy process to take the idea seriously.

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If Trump had his way, the US would be isolated from the interconnected global economy.

Related: Trump telling officials he wants to withdraw US from World Trade Organization: report

If Trump thinks it's best, I'm all for it. After 18 months of great leadership and policies, who am I to argue?

itsforthekids said:

If Trump thinks it's best, I'm all for it. After 18 months of great leadership and policies, who am I to argue?

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Heh! Good one!
Were you able to finish typing that with a straight face?

Grand Mal said:

Heh! Good one!
Were you able to finish typing that with a straight face?

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Why do you say that, what’s wrong with the Trump , are you not benefiting from his tax cuts or his economy


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MrShangles said:

Why do you say that, what’s wrong with the Trump , are you not benefiting from his tax cuts or his economy


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Not me. I'm benefiting from his tariffs.

Everything posted in this thread is crazy lol

SheWolf said:

Everything posted in this thread is crazy lol

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SheWolf, do not consider President Trump enacting USA's resignation from the World Trade Organization as an idle threat absolutely beyond the legal powers of a USA president. Respectfully, Supposn

Excerpted from the 1st post of the thread, https://www.debatepolitics.com/economics/253598-usa-s-international-trade-agreements-2.html :

The USA has international trade agreements but I do not believe we have any trade Treaties. USA Treaties are ratified by a 2/3 vote of the U.S. Senate and thus have an extremely high legal status. Only a Constitutional Amendment can repeal a USA treaty but the federal courts can deem a treaty to be unconstitutional. …
… The U.S. Constitution grants the executive administration with extraordinary jurisdiction over international affairs. There has been at least one instance of a president unilaterally terminating an international agreement without consulting the U.S. Congress. …
…. I won’t speculate as to what the federal courts would do if the U.S. Senate or both houses of the U.S. Congress should ever mount a legal opposition to such a presidential action. …
… I’d be surprised if drafting of any executive-congressional agreements or executive agreements did not include some provisions for the agreements’ terminations or modifications.

I’m a proponent of a specific “Import Certificate” policy for USA’s global trade. Goggle to Wikipedia’s “Import Certificates” article

The man basically wants to isolate the U.S. from the global community.

Before or after North Korea denuclearizes???!!!:lamo