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Logistocrate t1_j18en7d wrote

Wait...whether or not the WTO rulings were made by elected officials or not has no bearing on whether the tarrifs were legal under WTO rules. That's the best my country could come up with in rebuttal? Take that weak sauce elsewhere and remove the tarrifs.

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defenestrate_urself OP t1_j18fht6 wrote

The lack of adjudicators in the WTO that she is complaining about is also as a result of Trump blocking their appointment to cripple the WTO functioning.

> Washington has paralyzed the WTO’s Appellate Body, which acts as a supreme court for international trade, by blocking appointments for over two years. Two of the body’s three members came to the end of their terms last week, leaving it unable to issue rulings.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-wto-idUSKBN1YM1XB

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scottieducati t1_j1b92k4 wrote

ofc the fat orange struck his tiny fingers in that too.

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