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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.
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'FART' Bill Indicates Trump's Intention to Dump WTO
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You now have Asian Flu.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Tuesday July 03 2018, @06:24PM
Yes, but also Thailand.
They aren't necessarily connected, they are only frequently connected. Also isolationism is only directed against those either areas not controlled or those controlled groups needed as scapegoats. When you expand the borders, you've got new folks to be isolationist against.
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