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Trump threatens pullout from WTO in latest snub of multilateralism

The U.S. president said he would withdraw the U.S. from the independent World Trade Organization if it doesn't 'shape up.'

, and Arete News Staff

August 30, 2018 . 4:00 PM

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A sculpture behind the World Trade Organization's headquarters in Geneva. (AN/J. Heilprin)

GENEVA (AN) — U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization, an independent colossus that underpins trade rules among nations.

It is the latest example of Trump's enmity for multilateralism.

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