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Under U.S. pressure, WTO welcomes revamp from G-20 trade ministers

The World Trade Organization is under mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to justify its global rules, dispute forum and even its existence.

The World Trade Organization in Geneva
The World Trade Organization in Geneva (AN/J. Heilprin)

GENEVA (AN) — The World Trade Organization, under mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to justify its global rules and even its own existence, is taking a pragmatic approach by welcoming calls for significant changes in how it operates from among the world's 20 largest economies.

As the only global international organization that deals with the rules of trade between nations, WTO has come under withering attacks from Trump's administration, which has threatened to pull the United States out of the 164-nation body.

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