The Trump administration has crafted a draft bill — ordered by the president — that would declare America's abandonment of World Trade Organization rules, according to Axios. The bill essentially provides President Donald Trump — who has argued for a better position for the U.S. in big trade pacts — a license to raise U.S. tariffs at will, without congressional consent and largely outside of the international rules governed by the WTO. The bill, titled the "United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act," would give Trump unilateral power to ignore the two most basic principles of the WTO and negotiate one-on-one with any country.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by bob_super on Tuesday July 03 2018, @07:47AM
You're off by three zeros.
Printing a note valued at a year's worth of GDP is a great way to convince investors to put their money elsewhere, which doesn't quite jive with a trillion per year federal deficit.