Pagán: ‘Why we are where we are’ with tariffs isn't the fault of the U.S. alone

U.S. trading partners have long disregarded Washington’s legitimate concerns about the multilateral trading system, says former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative María Pagán, arguing that the system’s precarity is not the U.S.’ fault alone and that understanding its evolution helps explain -- if not justify -- President Trump’s dramatic tariff actions. Pagán, who served as the Biden administration’s ambassador to the World Trade Organization, offered reflections on her time in Geneva and how the trading system has evolved over the course...