Hillman: Big tests ahead for the rules-based trading system

With a World Trade Organization ministerial meeting and a paralyzed WTO Appellate Body, 2020 will be a vital inflection point for the rules-based international trading system, according to an influential analyst and former U.S. trade official. “I do think this is the year in which you’re really going to see whether or not we’re going to continue to have a rules-based system or not,” Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Jennifer Hillman said in an interview with Inside U.S. Trade....