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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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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA) 1994 — Paris Agreement 2015 — Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) 2018 — U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) — UNESCO — United Nations — Americas — World Trade Organization (WTO) — United States — Bertelsmann Stiftung — China

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