U.S.: Ruling on 232 tariffs would undermine 'viability' of WTO

The U.S. on Monday denied requests from several World Trade Organization members to establish panels in disputes over Section 232 tariffs, arguing a WTO ruling on the U.S. use of a national security justification would delegitimize the organization. “The United States wishes to be clear: if the WTO were to undertake to review an invocation of Article XXI, this would undermine the legitimacy of the WTO’s dispute settlement system and even the viability of the WTO as a whole,” the...