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Trump threatens pullout from WTO in latest snub of multilateralism

U.S. President Donald Trump said he'd withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization, an independent colossus that underpins trade rules, it it doesn't 'shape up.'

,   and  John Heilprin
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A sculpture behind the World Trade Organization's headquarters in Geneva.
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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